Croque monsieur recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Nothing can beat a classic French croque monsieur and here we've used a traditional boule, Finest ham and Gruyère, along with a creamy béchamel sauce to create the ultimate toasted sandwich. Bon appétit!
See method- Serves 2
- Takes 25 minutes
- 894 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 12g butter
- 4 slices Tesco Finest stonebaked white crusty bloomer
- 75g Tesco Finest reserve Swiss Gruyère cheese
- 4 slices Tesco Finest roast dry cured ham
For the bechamél
- 25g butter
- 20g flour
- 250ml semi-skimmed milk
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard, plus extra for the bread
- fresh nutmeg
- cornichons, to serve
- wholegrain mustard, to serve
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 3745kJ 894.0kcal
- Fat
- 35g
- Saturates
- 20g
- Salt
- 4.1g
- Sugars
- 17g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 96.9gProtein 43.5gFibre 10.5g
Method
- To make the béchamel, melt 25g butter in a saucepan then add the flour. Whisk for 1 min until the flour mix starts to smell toasty. Slowly add in the milk, a bit at a time, whisking until you have a thick, smooth sauce. Add the Dijon mustard, a good grating of nutmeg and season to taste.
- Melt the 12g butter and brush over 2 slices of the bread. Toast under a hot grill until golden and crispy. Turn over then top with most of the Gruyère, ham and a layer of béchamel.
- Spread Dijon mustard on the remaining two slices of bread and place mustard-side down on top of the sandwich. Top the bread with the remaining bechamel and sprinkle over the remaining Gruyère.
- Grill for 4-5 mins until the tops are golden and bubbling. Keep an eye as the bechamel can quickly burn. Serve with cornichons and wholegrain mustard.
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