The Fanciest Easy Ham & Cheese Sandwich You Can Make (Croque Madame)

Ham and melty cheese sandwiched between two slices of thick toasty bread, topped with cheese sauce and a runny egg. Croque Madame might sound fancy, but it's super easy (and SO damn tasty). Click https://glnk.io/9l5y/brian-lagerstrom for 50% off your first month subscription of Beam and 20% off all following months.



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-- RECIPE --

MORNAY
▪30g or 2Tbsp butter
▪10g or 1.25Tbsp ap flour
▪240g or 1c milk
▪60g ½-2/3c cave aged gruyere, shredded
▪30g or 1/3c aged parm, ground
▪5g or 1tsp salt
▪Pinch white pepper
▪1/4tsp grated nutmeg (just a few grates)

Heat small sauce pan over med. Melt butter then add flour. Stir to combine and cook for about 1min. Add milk. Bring to simmer and reduce heat to low. Add cheeses and stir to melt. Remove from heat & stir in salt, white pepper, & nutmeg.

Warm and stir over low heat to loosen before use.


CROQUE MADAME
▪Mornay sauce (see recipe above)
▪40-50g or 3-4tbsp Butter
▪Very thinly sliced black forest ham (4 pieces per sandwich)
▪2 slices unaged gruyere (per sandwich)
▪Salt
▪Chives, minced
▪Black pepper

Cut bread into ¾”/2cm slices (or buy texas toast style pre-sliced).

Preheat large saute pan over medium heat and another nonstick pan over med-low. Preheat oven to 375F/190C.

Add 3-4Tbsp butter to the nonstick pan to melt. Brush to coat both sides of bread slices. Then transfer bread into preheat saute pan to toast for 1min - press down with a spatula for max contact. Flip to second side and add 2 slices of ham on each piece of toast, top the ham with a piece of gruyere on each piece of toast.

While second side toasts, add egg into nonstick that your melted butter was in (over med heat) and season with pinch of salt. Cook for 20-30sec then load nonstick egg pan and the saute pan with toast into preheated oven for about 1 min. Egg is done when white is set and yolk is still gooey. Toast is finished when cheese is fully melted.

Combine melty sides of toast (cheese in the middle). Top with warm mornay sauce, the cooked egg, and garnish with minced chives and black pepper.


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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:18 Making the mornay sauce
2:40 Bread
3:49 Cooking the madame
4:38 Beam dream (ad)
5:41 Finishing the sandwich
8:40 Let’s eat this thing


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