Another wonderful recipe from Martha Stewart! Boar’s Head meats and cheeses came through once again for us! I could not find the right cheese and Matt was there to help! If you have trouble pronouncing some of the French words in the recipe, please watch a video at the end of this post. 🙂
Croque Monsieur (click on recipe to get to Martha Stewart’s recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole milk, heated
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese, divided
- 8 slices toasted or grilled country bread, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 pound sliced baked ham, such as prosciutto cotto or jamon royale
- Pinch herbes de Provence
- Cornichons, for serving
DIRECTION
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high, and slowly add hot milk. Cook, whisking constantly, until thickened, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove pan from heat, and add salt, pepper, nutmeg, and 1/2 cup Gruyere. Set bechamel sauce aside.
4. Divide ham evenly between bread, and sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons Gruyere. Top with 4 more slices toasted bread. Slather tops with the bechamel sauce, and sprinkle with remaining Gruyere and herbes de Provence.
5. Bake sandwiches until topping is lightly browned, 12 to 15 minutes. Serve hot with cornichons.
Here is a video of my husband trying to teach me the French language and will help you to pronounce some of the ingredients in this recipe!
Enjoy the video!
