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Spinach Croque-monsieur

A croque-monsieur is a French toasted sandwich. Here, the 2 slices of buttered bread are filled with bechamel sauce, hard-boiled eggs, blanched spinach and melted cheese.

The assembled sandwich is popped in the oven to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

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Last modified on: May 24^th 2015

Keywords for this recipe:Toasted sandwich Croque-monsieur Spinach Cheese Béchamel sauce

For 4 pieces, you will need:

1 8 slices Sandwich bread
2 40 g butter
3 80 g Bechamel sauce
4 4 hard-boiled eggs
5 200 g cooked spinach
6 150 g grated cheese
Total weight: 990 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
25 min.	20 min.	45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 4 min.

Spinach Croque-monsieur : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter the 8 slices Sandwich bread on one side.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

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Spread bechamel sauce on the other side of each slice.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

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Put the cooked spinach on top...

Stage 4 - 5 min.

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...then slices of hard-boiled egg.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

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Finish with the cheese: grated, sliced very thinly (if using a soft-paste cheese that melts easily, like Saint-Nectaire) or runny "hamburger" cheese.

Stage 6 - 4 min.

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Cover with a second slice of bread, butter side outwards.

Prepare all the sandwiches like this and arrange on a baking sheet.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

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Toast in the oven for about 20 minutes until browned and the cheese has melted.

Stage 8

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Serve hot with a little salad on the side.

Remarks

You can use different breads, such as seeded or wholemeal, rather than ordinary white sliced bread, which is often rather tasteless. If the bread you are using has crusts, trim these off with a serrated knife.

Keeping

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

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,000 Kcal or 8,374 Kj	81 gr	173 gr	117 gr
100 %	31 %	16 %	18 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
202 Kcal or 846 Kj	8 gr	17 gr	12 gr
10 %	3 %	2 %	2 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
500 Kcal or 2,093 Kj	20 gr	43 gr	29 gr
25 %	8 %	4 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 pieces : 3.99 €
Per piece : 1.00 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Feta and spinach brik pie, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spicy mustard cauliflower cheese, Pollack Parmentier, Breton Pie, Spinach Mornay, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", ... All
	Bechamel sauce: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chilli chicken and spinach gratin, Scallops au gratin, Asparagus and spinach gratin, Purple artichokes in a cheesy gratin, Stuffed artichokes au gratin, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Crispy rolls with chicken and leek, Gâteau Nantais, Sliced chicken with mushrooms and broccoli, ... All

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