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Spinach Croque-monsieur

Name: Spinach Croque-monsieur
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 slices sandwich bread; 40 g butter; 80 g bechamel sauce; 4 hard-boiled eggs; 200 g cooked spinach; 150 g grated cheese

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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Duration

45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: May 24^th 2015

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

45 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Butter the 8 slices sandwich bread on one side.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 4 min.

Spread bechamel sauce on the other side of each slice.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.

Put the cooked spinach on top...

Stage 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

...then slices of hard-boiled egg.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 4 min.

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.

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.

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

Stage 8

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..

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	35 g RDI=54 %	146 g RDI=55 %	34 g RDI=48 %	220 kcal RDI=11 %	921 kJ RDI=11 %
Per piece	87 g RDI=135 %	362 g RDI=137 %	85 g RDI=118 %	544 kcal RDI=27 %	2,280 kJ RDI=27 %
Whole recipe	350 g RDI=539 %	1,451 g RDI=548 %	343 g RDI=471 %	2,178 kcal RDI=109 %	9,120 kJ RDI=109 %