Croque-monsieur complet
This is a "full Monty" version of the traditional French toasted sandwich: the bread is dipped in beaten egg with cream before cooking, rather like pain perdu, to make the fried bread rich and moist.
The French term "complet" here means "with everything": egg, ham and cheese.
The French term "complet" here means "with everything": egg, ham and cheese.
Last modified on: June 14th 2015
Keywords for this recipe:
1 tablespoon 
4 slices ham
2 
30 ml 
8 slices 
50 g cheese
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 14 min. | 11 min. | 25 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Fry the ham
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a frying pan on high heat.
When really hot, fry the slices of ham on both sides, in batches if necessary.
Stage 2
Dip the bread
Prepare the slices of bread by removing the crust, if you prefer, then lay them out in pairs, so that you have top and bottom slices side by side.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Pour the beaten egg-cream mixture into a plate or shallow dish.
Stage 5 - 2 min.
Dip the bottom slice briefly into the mixture...
Stage 6 - 2 min.
... then lay it dipped side downwards.
Place a slice of ham and your chosen cheese on top.
Place a slice of ham and your chosen cheese on top.
Stage 7 - 7 min.
Dip another slice into the egg-cream mixture and lay on top of the croque, dipped side upwards.
Make all the croque sandwiches like this, lying them on a baking sheet or chopping board as you go.
Make all the croque sandwiches like this, lying them on a baking sheet or chopping board as you go.
Stage 8 - 6 min.
Fry the croque-monsieur
Pour 4 tablespoons oil into the same frying pan as you used for the ham, on medium heat.
When really hot, fry the croque-monsieur for about 3 minutes on each side...
Stage 9
...until nicely browned.
Serve hot with a green salad on the side.
Serve hot with a green salad on the side.
Remarks
The cheese should preferably be sliced thinly or grated.
Keeping
Should be eaten immediately, once cooked, but freezes well uncooked..
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,713 Kcal or 7,172 Kj | 96 gr | 271 gr | 155 gr |
| 86 % | 37 % | 26 % | 23 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 200 Kcal or 837 Kj | 11 gr | 32 gr | 18 gr |
| 10 % | 4 % | 3 % | 3 % |
| Per croque | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 428 Kcal or 1,792 Kj | 24 gr | 68 gr | 39 gr |
| 21 % | 9 % | 6 % | 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 croques : 3.37 €
- Per croque : 0.84 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Winemaker's toast, Hamburgers, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Pork Chops with Rosemary, Bisto-style canapés, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Lemon and lime cakes, Normandy seafood stew, Langres-style spinach, Sautéed pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce., Paris flan filling, ... All |
 | Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bistro-style red endive salad, Green and red salad with sardines and eggs mimosa, Montbenoit's canapés, Baby spinach salad, Julia salad, ... All |
 | Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit), Two-cheese quiche, Endives , Ham "friand" pie, Hearty potato and ham gratin, ... All |
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