Cook the Book: Neo-Classic Croque Monsieur

Name: Cook the Book: Neo-Classic Croque Monsieur
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 half-inch-thick slices country hearth bread or 2 six-inch lengths baguette; 6 smalls cornichons, coarsely chopped; 113 grams quarter-inch-thick slices (about baked country ham; 85 grams Emmentaler cheese, thinly sliced; 1 Tbsp grainy mustard; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Cook the Book: Neo-Classic Croque Monsieur a try. This recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains about 30g of protein, 35g of fat, and a total of 556 calories. Head to the store and pick up emmentaler cheese, butter, quarter-inch-thick baked country ham, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the bread you could follow this main course with the Coffee Cake Banana Bread as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put the bread, buttered sides down, on a cutting board and spread 1 1/2 teaspoons of mustard on two slices. Top each with some cheese.

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Mustard

Cheese

Spread

Bread

Equipment you will use

Cutting Board

Sprinkle the chopped cornichons on top of cheese. Arrange the ham on top of the cornichons. Top each sandwich with the remaining bread slices, buttered side up.

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Gherkins

Cheese

Bread

Ham

Place the sandwiches on the press, and pull the top down. Cook until sandwiches are browned and crisp, 3 to 5 minutes, depending on heat of your press.

Remove from press and serve immediately.

Notes

Make sure you do thinly slice the cheese. My slices were a bit thick the first time I made this sandwich, and the cheese failed to melt evenly.

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Cheese