Skip to main content

Croque Monsieur


Ingredients:

1/2 Stick Butter

1/4 Cup Flour

1 1/2 Cups Milk

Dash Nutmeg

Teaspoon Dijon mustard

Dash Salt

Dash Pepper

Sliced Ham

Arugula

16 slices of bread


Bechamel Sauce

Melt butter in a saucepan.

Whisk flour, stir constantly, and cook for 3 minutes.

Gradually add milk while whisking.

Cook until thickened.

Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and stir in the dijon mustard.


Lay 8 slices of white bread on a baking sheet

Spread bechamel sauce on bread

Top with ham

Sprinkle with gruyer cheese

Top with arugula

Place a slice of white bread on top

Sprinkle extra gruyer cheese on top


Bake in the oven at 425 degrees for about 6-10 minutes.

Turn on the broiler for at least 2 minutes to get the cheese on top golden.


Serve with tomato soup!



 

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

7 layer salad bars

I needed a quick baby shower food for today. I think a nestie recommended this recipe. Its from Pampered Chef originally. It was yummy and it is all gone! It did not last more than a few hours. *I used both shredded cheddar cheese and parmesan cheese on my salad bars! Seven Layer Salad Squares Pampered Chef Ingredients 2 (8 oz) pkgs refrigerated crescent dinner rolls 8 oz cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup miracle whip 1 clove garlic, minced 6 slices bacon, crisply cooked, drained and crumbled divided 1 cup frozen peas, thawed, divided 1 tomato, sliced shredded lettuce 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 1/2 cup coarsely chopped red onion Directions 1) Preheat oven to 375° F. 2) Unroll one pkg dough across one end of a bar pan with longest sides of dough across width of pan. 3) Repeat with remaining package of dough to fill the pan. 4) Using rolling pin or your fingers seal seams and press up sides to form crust. 5) Bake 12-15 min until golden brown. Remove from ov...
Post a Comment
Read more

Toby's Miracle of 24th Street

  The specialty drink for the show was a frozen hot chocolate.  It had Baily's 
Post a Comment
Read more

Kelsey's Pub and Restaurant Thanksgiving

Kelsey's was one of the few places selling a Thanksgiving for 2 and it was only $75.  It came with turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing with sausage, green bean casserole gravy, cranberry sauce, and rolls with a honey butter.  I ordered an additional apple pie too.  It was a perfect amount and I managed to get everything reheated ready to eat in 1 hour.
Post a Comment
Read more