- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Total Time: 35m
- Serves: 6
- Yield: 6 Croque Madames
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of french bread
- ½ cup Grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper
- 1 ½ cup milk
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 4 tablespoons butter + some for brushing onto bread
- 4 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
- 18 thin slices of ham
- 6 ounces of shredded swiss cheese
- 6 eggs
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 400F.
- Lay the sliced of bread on a baking sheet.
- Brush each side of each slice of bread with a little bit of melted butter.
- Once the oven is preheated, toast the sliced of bread in the oven for about 2 minutes. Flip the bread and toast the other side for about 2 minutes. Don\'t let it burn.
- Remove the bread from the oven and lay out six of the slices.
- Spread on a layer of mustard, 1 oz of cheese, 2 pieces of ham, and a top slice of bread.
- Place the sandwiches back onto the baking sheet.
- In a sauce pan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the flour and whisk until smooth and golden colored.
- Slowly whisk in the milk and raise the heat just a little and whisk until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Once it starts to thicken, remove it from the heat and add the Parmesan cheese. Whisk until the cheese melts.
- Scoop the sauce on to the tops of the sandwiches.
- Put the tray into the oven and turn the broiler on.
- Broil the tops for about 4 minutes or until the cheese it hot and bubbly.
- Fry the eggs and place one egg onto each hot sandwich. To fry the eggs, heat a pan over medium heat. Crack an egg into the center of the pan and let cook untouched for about 3-4 minutes or until the white of the egg is solid.
- I cook my eggs with a touch of butter and a sprinkle of pepper.
- Serve Hot.
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