Petits Croque Monsieurs

Name: Petits Croque Monsieurs
Yield: Makes 12 Sandwiches
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 12 thin slices plum tomato; 1 cup finely grated Gruyère, Cantal, or Comté cheese; ¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature; 24 slices white cocktail bread; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 4 ounces thinly sliced Black Forest ham, cut into 2-inch strips

Preparation info

Makes
12
Sandwiches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Game Night

By Cynthia Nims

Published 2010

About

A true sitting-at-a-café-in-Pans croque monsieur has delicious melty cheesiness on the outside as well as inside, a fork-and-knife consideration. I’ve taken the cheese completely inside, to make this a tasty but tidy game-friendly sandwich. And I’ve added tomato, which I think always makes grilled cheese more outstanding.

Ingredients

24 slices white cocktail bread
¼ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1

Europe
France
Sandwich
Dinner
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 450°F.

Lay 12 of the bread slices on the counter and spread them with half of the butter. Arrange the cheese as neatly and evenly as you can on the butter, then top with the tomato slices. Add the strips of ham, folding them over to fit neatly on the bread.