Totally Non-Traditional Croque Monsieur/Madame Recipe
A croque monsieur is a toasty ham and gruyere sandwich usually with béchamel inside and more cheese melted on top. A croque madame usually involves a fried or sunny-side-up egg on top. A Monte Cristo involves soaking the bread in an egg mixture, so it's like eating a sandwich on french toast. We've sort of mixed and matched a bit, and made some ingredient substitutions, and this is our version!
You can switch up ingredients as much as you like. We used a really excellent Bauernspeck for the ham, but you can use whatever you want. Gruyere is the most traditional cheese for this, but you can change that out for anything that melts and toasts decently. We used a fantastic farmer's cheese with fresh dill in it. A little bit of mustard and mayo (instead of the béchamel) and make sure to get your bread toasty!
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