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While French restaurant and country cooking have been thoroughly examined by American home cooks, somewhere between the two styles lies a branch of cuisine that has been almost entirely missed: France's bar and cafe food This is the realm of snacks like tartines and rillettes, salads and savory tarts, and one of most delicious of all: the croque-monsieur (literally translated as "crunch sir.") Croque Monsieur is a delicious French ham and cheese sandwich made with gruyere, parmesan, ham and a simple béchamel sauce, toasted in the oven. Serve with a green salad and a small cup of French Onion Soup and you have the perfect Parisian meal! In another medium saucepan, heat milk over medium heat. Slowly add milk to butter-flour mixture, whisking to prevent lumps from forming.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook croque monsieur 🇫🇷 using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Croque monsieur 🇫🇷:
- Make ready Rustic bread or white bread/loaf bread will do the work
- Prepare Butter
- Prepare Milk
- Make ready Gouda and emental cheese
- Get Use the ‘real deal’ ham
- Get Djon mustard
- Make ready Nutmeg
Like most French foods, a croque monsieur is all about inducing feelings of pleasure, regardless of how easily and quickly it can be put together. The word croque comes from the verb croquer or "to crunch". So a Croque-Monsieur roughly translates to "Mister Crunchy". The feminine version, a "Croque Madame", includes a fried egg on top.
Steps to make Croque monsieur 🇫🇷:
- Start making the roux, equal part of butter and flour in sauce pan, cook it for at least 1-2 minute and start adding your milk, stir constantly to avoid lump in your bechamel(white sauce), until u get the right consistency, grated some nutmeg and season to taste. (Don’t forget to put your grated cheese)
- Cut your bread into 1cm thick and toast them in frying pan (both side) with some butter
- Take out your bread from frying pan and start to build the croque monsieur, put some djon mustard into it as much as u want!(I put a lot in mine as I love mustard 😋) and a layer of your bechamel sauce + few slice of ham and don’t forget to put your grated cheese!. Yes again ! 😋
- Put it in oven top shelf (broil) for a few minute until cheese start to melt and getting nice golden caramelize colour, and enjoy! (and a glass of cold rose if u fancy😋)
So a Croque-Monsieur roughly translates to "Mister Crunchy". The feminine version, a "Croque Madame", includes a fried egg on top. This classic French bistro sandwich is a great way to use up leftover ham. Making a great Croque Monsieur sounds simple (and it is), but to make one of high quality like Jacques Pepin or Julia Child request a few things that every home chef should realize - and not all do. Let's talk a little about the ingredients: a croques monsieur is essentially a fancy ham and cheese.
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