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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

Step 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Cut 1 kg cooked potatoeses in half lengthways.

Step 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.

Step 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

Step 4 - ⌛ 3 min.

Lay a slice of ham on each one.

Step 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

Finish with a little grated cheese.

Step 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: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=9 %	14 g RDI=5 %	10 g RDI=13 %	166 kcal RDI=8 %	697 kJ RDI=8 %
Per person	25 g RDI=38 %	59 g RDI=22 %	39 g RDI=54 %	683 kcal RDI=34 %	2,858 kJ RDI=34 %
Whole recipe	99 g RDI=152 %	234 g RDI=88 %	156 g RDI=214 %	2,731 kcal RDI=137 %	11,432 kJ RDI=137 %