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Baked Croque Monsieur Recipe

Baked croque monsieur – incredibly delicious mini French sandwiches made with baguette, ham, cheese, and Bechamel sauce.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: French
Servings: 10
Calories: 394kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • Béchamel sauce Note 1:
  • 50 g/ 1.7 oz/ scant ¼ cup butter
  • 40 g/ 1.4 oz/ ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
  • 375 ml/ 12.6 fl.oz/ 1 ½ cups whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 garlic clove
  • nutmeg
  • fine sea salt and pepper
  • Sandwich Note 2:
  • 1 French baguette Note 3
  • 100 g/ 3.5 oz/ 1 cup Gruyère cheese freshly grated
  • 20 very thin slices cooked ham

Instructions

Béchamel sauce:

  • Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Sprinkle the flour and stir until the flour starts to color, it should be slightly golden.
  • Slowly start adding the milk while whisking continuously. Add the mustard, nutmeg, salt and pepper generously and grated garlic. Stir well and let bubble, stirring often until the sauce thickens and becomes slightly elastic. Set aside.

Sandwiches:

  • Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius/ 430 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Slice the baguette into thick slices, about 1 cm/ 0.4 inches thick, I had 20 thick slices. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Top each slice with a good amount of Béchamel sauce, about 1 good tablespoon sauce per slice, more if the slices are larger.
  • Top each slice with grated cheese.
  • Top only half of the baguette slices with two slices cooked ham each.
  • Cover the ham slices with the remaining cheese-covered baguette slices, the cheese should be facing up.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes until the sauce and the cheese are bubbly and golden brown. Serve immediately with green salad, for instance.

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Notes

  1. The Béchamel sauce can be made in advance, covered directly on the surface with cling film/plastic foil and kept in the fridge until later or the next day.
  2. They can be assembled a few hours in advance. Keep in the fridge until ready to bake.
  3. I had about 20 thick slices baguette, so 10 sandwiches. You can use a larger type of bread if you wish, my baguette slices were thick and small, just 3 or 4 bites per sandwich.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sandwich | Calories: 394kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 1712mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g