Hello friends! I want to share with you the secrets of the recipe for crispy French sandwiches that can be baked in the oven or fried in a pan. Few sandwiches are more sophisticated than Croque Monsieur and its egg-topped variant, Croque Madame.
Croque Monsieur is a hot sandwich consisting of ham and cheese on toasted slices (toast) of white bread. If you translate the name literally, it will turn out - "crunchy gentleman." The dish appeared in French cafés over 100 years ago, and because it was easy to prepare and eat with your hands, it quickly became a staple of French bistros.
👇Sandwiches Croque Monsieur & Croque Madam👇
famous sandwich recipe
✅ What is the difference between Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame?
By and large, none. Croque Madame is simply Croque Monsieur with a boiled or fried egg on top. That is, for Croque Madame, the egg is cooked separately, and then placed on top of the already assembled sandwich. Perhaps it should resemble a woman's hat.
✅ Preparation of bechamel sauce
- I melt the butter in a saucepan, add 20 g of flour to it and fry until a nutty smell, this is about 2 minutes.
- In several doses, I introduce milk and mix everything very well so that there are no lumps.
- I add salt, pepper and a pinch of nutmeg to the sauce.
- And continue to cook on low heat until thickened.
- When the sauce begins to thicken, I turn down the heat to a minimum and stir constantly for a couple more minutes.
I add a teaspoon of Dijon mustard to the sauce, this is optional, I like it better.
This sauce is enough for me to make four large toast sandwiches.
✅ Assembling and baking sandwiches
This is a classic basic recipe, in fact, there are a lot of varieties of these sandwiches.
- Grease the toasts with butter and place butter side down on a baking sheet.
- On top of each piece of bread, I grease with Bechamel sauce, put ham, cheese (any kind) on it, cover with a second piece of bread, and bechamel on it too.
- Grated cheese on top and send all this beauty to the oven.
✅ Turning Monsieur into Madame
To turn Monsieur into Madame, you need to fry one, two eggs or poach eggs according to the number of ladies present.
To make a poached egg, bring water to a boil, add salt and cook for 1-2 minutes,
I take out of the oven beautiful and mouth-watering sandwiches. I put poached eggs on a couple of them.
Thus Monsieur turns into Madame and they are accordingly intended for women.
Be sure to cook, and I wish you a pleasant appetite and God bless you!