Name: Monte Cristo
Yield: Serves 3
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 tbsp/100 g mayonnaise or Aioli; ¼ tsp kosher salt; 1 tbsp butter; 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper (optional); 1½ cups/125 g grated Gruyère; 4 tbsp/60 g dijon mustard; 12 thin to medium slices of ham; 3 tbsp/45 ml heavy cream; 1 tsp extra-virgin olive oil; Powdered sugar for dusting; ½ cup/120 g Blueberry Jam; 9 slices Brioche or store-bought challah; 3 eggs; 3 fresh sage leaves; 1 tsp sugar

Preparation info

Serves
3

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Huckleberry

By Zoe Nathan

Published 2014

About

This is an old-school, traditional, salty-sweet breakfast sandwich, so obviously I think it’s amazing. A Monte Cristo is naughty but delicious, so you really shouldn’t have it too often and you should really enjoy it when you do. Monte Cristo eating is not a passive sport, it’s an event. When inviting your friends over to eat this sandwich, do not invite them over for brunch; you need to be much clearer than that. Invite them over to “eat a Monte Cristo,” then commit to spending the rest of