How to Prepare Award-winning Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies

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Learn how to make Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame Sandwiches; classic French comfort food you can easily make at home. Essentially, the same sandwich but with a fried egg, sunny side up, on top. I share my tips for how to get a great fried egg below! You find them all across France in simple.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:

1. Take 4 slices sourdough or crusty bread
2. Make ready 75 grams butter
3. Get 75 grams grated cheddar cheese
4. Prepare 75 grams grated gruyere cheese
5. Get 4 thick slices of good quality ham
6. Take 125 ml milk
7. Make ready 2 bay leaves
8. Make ready 1 small onion chopped in quarters
9. Make ready 20 grams plain flour
10. Take 2 tbsp heaped Dijon mustard
11. Take Good splash of Worcestershire sauce

There are many different versions of this classic French fast food, including smothering the final product with cheesy mornay sauce. Here I've opted for the plain version. Alton Brown Makes a Croque Madame (aka "Mrs. Croque monsieur first appeared on French menus in the early twentieth century and has since spread A croque madame is simply a croque monsieur topped with a sunnyside-up or poached egg.

Steps to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:

1. Make a simple béchamel sauce. Using milk, bay leaves and a small onion.
Add the Dijon mustard, a little Worcestershire sauce and the cheddar cheese. It should be a thick creamy sauce with a dark deep flavour. (well that’s how I like it but by all means use less of the mustard) - Season to taste all the time.
2. Then with your slices of sourdough bread spread a little butter on one side and grill until golden (one side only) 
Turn the bread over and spread each slice with a thin layer of the béchamel sauce and add generous slices of ham. Add your grated gruyère cheese and form Into a sandwich. - In a frying pan melt some butter and fry gently on both sides until golden. - Transfer to a preheated oven and cook for 4-5 minutes so it warms right through to the centre.
3. Now you are ready to plate up, but like a gentleman I am, I fried a free range egg to turn one of the sandwiches into a croque madame!! Unfortunately or maybe fortunately in this case, I had no female company to share with…..So I ate them both myself 😉😉 All the best and enjoy.

Alton Brown Makes a Croque Madame (aka "Mrs. Croque monsieur first appeared on French menus in the early twentieth century and has since spread A croque madame is simply a croque monsieur topped with a sunnyside-up or poached egg. A simple sandwich like the croque lends itself to endless variation. A vos fourchettes, le croque-monsieur revient accompagné du croque madame et de leurs nombreuses variantes. Toute une gamme de recettes de délicieux sandwichs à base de pain toasté, qu'on sert avec une salade en guise de repas.

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