Recipe: Croque-monsieur

Name: Croque-monsieur
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 4 slices of white bread; 80 g (2.8 oz) of gruyère cheese slices; 2 thin slices of lean York ham; butter

By chef patrick Asfaux 4.9/5 (9 reviews) · 🍳 4 made it

Prep 5 min

Cook 10 min

Total 15 min

Servings 2 serv.

The first garnished bread served under the name "croque-monsieur" was printed on the menu of a Grand Café located on the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris in 1910

Recette Croque-monsieur - Chef Patrick Asfaux — Photo: asfaux patrick © A.F.Touch-cuisine

Ingredients for 2 servings

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servings

4 slices of white bread
80 g (2.8 oz) of gruyère cheese slices
2 thin slices of lean York ham
butter

Step-by-step directions

1 Butter and brown on one side two toasts of white bread.

2 Place on the browned side of one toast some gruyère cheese slices, a slice of lean York ham, on the ham some other gruyère cheese slices, then place the second toast on top.

3 Apply slight pressure to the whole assembly and place this composition in a bi-metal or a pan in which you will have melted slightly "hazelnut" butter.

4 Place in a hot oven (190°) turning from time to time
then trim the edges and serve cut in half crosswise.
That's for the "classic" recipe, we all have at home a toaster that will allow us to make delicious croque-monsieur.
Also know that when this croque-monsieur is topped with a fried egg it becomes croque-madame.
It is now up to you to prepare original versions for example:
cooked chicken breast and cheese spread or sautéed apple slices and black pudding or with salt cod spread and tomato slices. The best remaining the combination of apple slices and sautéed duck foie gras.
and even as a dessert variation: bananas and chocolate squares, pineapple chunks and aged rum etc.