French
Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich)
Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich) is French home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 8 slices sliced white sandwich bread
- 8 oz cooked ham, thinly sliced
- 1.5 cups Gruyere cheese, grated
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 pinch ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Make a quick bechamel: melt the butter in a small saucepan, whisk in the flour, and cook for 1 minute, then gradually whisk in the milk and cook, stirring, until thickened, about 4 minutes; season with the nutmeg, salt, and pepper.
- Spread a thin layer of Dijon mustard on four of the bread slices, spread about half of the bechamel over them, layer on the ham and half of the grated Gruyere, and top with the remaining bread slices.
- Spread the rest of the bechamel over the tops of the sandwiches and scatter the remaining Gruyere on top.
- Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet and broil for 3 to 4 minutes, until the cheese is bubbling and golden.
- Let the sandwiches cool for a minute before cutting in half and serving hot.
Serve it with
A French dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich) carries dairy and gluten. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans) |
| Gluten | Yes | Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans) |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish, Dairy, and Grains
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on ham, pork, cheese, and bread.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from France.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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