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Croque-monsieur potatoes

Name: Croque-monsieur potatoes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 kg cooked potatoes; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 300 g bechamel sauce; 2 slices ham; 200 g grated cheese; Fine (or table) salt

A way to revive potatoes, "croque-monsieur" style: topped with bechamel sauce, ham and cheese, then browned in the oven.

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Duration

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 3^rd 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 1 kg cooked potatoes
2 3 tablespoons olive oil
3 300 g bechamel sauce
4 2 slices ham
5 200 g grated cheese
6 Fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 1,645 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Cut 1 kg cooked potatoeses in half lengthways.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Arrange them cut face downwards on a sheet of baking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Brush with olive oil, then sprinkle with a little salt.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Turn the potatoes over and spread with a generous helping of bechamel sauce.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Lay a slice of ham on each one.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Finish with a little grated cheese.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes until nicely browned on top.

Remarks

If your potatoes are quite large, carve a hollow with a pommes parisiennes spoon to make room for a little more bechamel sauce, otherwise they might be too dry.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	7 g RDI=12 %	20 g RDI=8 %	13 g RDI=19 %	170 kcal RDI=9 %	712 kJ RDI=9 %
Per person	31 g RDI=48 %	83 g RDI=31 %	55 g RDI=76 %	697 kcal RDI=35 %	2,921 kJ RDI=35 %
Whole recipe	126 g RDI=194 %	333 g RDI=126 %	222 g RDI=304 %	2,790 kcal RDI=140 %	11,684 kJ RDI=140 %