Name: Croque monsieur ou madame
Yield: For 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 slices ham; 8 slices white bread; Pinch of ground nutmeg; 30 g grated gruyère cheese; 300 ml milk; 2 tablespoons plain flour; 30 g butter; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 eggs or not, depending on croque gender; 100 g grated gruyère cheese

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Nobody Does it Better

By Trish Deseine

Published 2007

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Ingredients

8 slices white bread
4 slices ham
100 g

Method

Preheat the grill.

To make the béchamel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan and sprinkle the flour on top. Stir into a paste with a wooden spoon and cook very gently for 2 minutes.

Add the milk, using a whisk if lumps form, and heat gently until it comes to the boil, then simmer very gently, stirring constantly. Add the cheese and nutmeg as the sauce thickens. Take it off the h

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