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Name: Croque Monsieur
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 8 slices white sandwich bread; 200 g cooked ham; 200 g Gruyère cheese; 40 g unsalted butter; 30 g all-purpose flour; 300 ml whole milk; 2 tsp Dijon mustard; 1 pinch nutmeg; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch black pepper

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Croque Monsieur

Croque-monsieur

Ingredients10

white sandwich bread8 slices
cooked ham200 g
Gruyère cheese200 g
unsalted butter40 g
all-purpose flour30 g
whole milk300 ml
Dijon mustard2 tsp
nutmeg1 pinch
salt1 pinch
black pepper1 pinch

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Method

Melt 30 g butter in a saucepan, stir in the flour, and cook for 1 minute without browning.
Gradually whisk in the milk and simmer, stirring, until the béchamel is thick and smooth. Season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper, then take off the heat.
Grate the Gruyère. Stir half of it into the warm béchamel until melted.
Spread a thin layer of Dijon mustard on 4 slices of bread. Top each with ham, a little of the remaining cheese, and a second slice of bread.
Spread béchamel over the tops and sprinkle with the rest of the Gruyère. Melt the remaining butter and brush the undersides.
Bake at 200°C for about 10 minutes, then grill briefly until the cheese is golden and bubbling. Serve hot.