The basic croque-monsieur recipe
The ingredients for 4 people
- 8 slices of bread
- 25g butter
- 4 slices defatted white ham, rind off
- 100 g Comté or Emmental type cheese
- 80g grated cheese
- Ground pepper
Recipe
- Butter the 8 slices of bread on one side only. Cut the cheese into thin slices and divide them over 4 slices of bread.
- Add 1 slice of ham folded in half and close with the remaining slices, buttered side on the ham.
- Mix the grated cheese with a little pepper, spread over the croque-monsieur.
- Place them in an oven dish and cook for 10 minutes under the broiler of the oven preheated to 210°C (th. 7).
An anti-cholesterol croque-monsieur
Take organic or sourdough wholemeal bread, spread one side of each slice with a little hummus or mashed almonds, garnish with thin slices of avocado and minced cooked chicken breast. Quickly go under the broiler.
A fiber-rich croque-monsieur
Replace the sandwich bread with organic wholemeal bread to avoid residues of chemical treatments present in the cereal envelope. It’s even better if it’s bran or cereal to enrich it with fiber. And add thin slices of tomato between the ham and cheese.
A slimming croque-monsieur
Remove butter and grated cheese for gratin. Take slices of sourdough bread. Swap the Comté or the Emmental for 1 c. at s. cancoillotte (a cheese from Franche-Comté low in fat) to keep the runny texture of the melted cheese, but significantly reducing the calorie intake (115 Cals/100 g against 380).
A vegetarian croque-monsieur
Replace the ham with 1 block of smoked tofu (or with basil, turmeric, etc.), cut into thin slices across the thickness.
Other croque-monsieur ideas
- Italian style: raw ham + Mozzarella.
- Nordic style: smoked salmon + fresh cheese + chopped dill.
- Gluten-free croque-monsieur recipe
- The recipe for croque monsieur with kale and goat cheese
- The recipe for the croque-monsieur bagel
- Beaufort croque-monsieur recipe
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