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Croque-monsieur complet

Name: Croque-monsieur complet
Prep time: 14 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 croques
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 4 slices ham; 2 eggs; 30 ml liquid cream; 8 slices bread; 50 g cheese; 4 tablespoons oil; Salt; Pepper

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.

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Duration

25 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: June 14^th 2015

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For 4 croques, you will need:

1 1 tablespoon oil
2 4 slices ham
3 2 eggs
4 30 ml liquid cream
5 8 slices bread
6 50 g cheese
7 4 tablespoons oil
8 Salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 855 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

25 min.

Preparation 15 min.

Cooking 15 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.

Mix 2 eggs and 30 ml liquid cream, salt and pepper with a whisk.

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.

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.

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.

Remarks

The cheese should preferably be sliced thinly or grated.

Keeping: Should be eaten immediately, once cooked, but freezes well uncooked..

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	73 g RDI=114 %	538 g RDI=203 %	27 g RDI=38 %	301 kcal RDI=15 %	1,264 kJ RDI=15 %
Per croque	158 g RDI=243 %	1,151 g RDI=435 %	58 g RDI=80 %	645 kcal RDI=32 %	2,701 kJ RDI=32 %
Whole recipe	632 g RDI=973 %	4,607 g RDI=1,738 %	235 g RDI=322 %	2,580 kcal RDI=129 %	10,806 kJ RDI=129 %