Croque Madame

Name: Croque Madame
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slice of white sandwich bread; 150 grams sharp cheddar cheese, sliced; 8 slice wafer thin ham; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 cup bechamel (white) sauce; 2 large eggs; 1 pinch salt and black pepper

Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5

Essex

Decadence, the French way. This is a ham and cheese sandwich, fried in butter then covered with bechamel sauce and topped with a fried egg (hence 'Madame'...ahem) You can reduce calories by poaching the egg, but...really?

Celeste @celeste_xtina_C00K5

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Ingredients

10 mins

2 servings

4 sliceof white sandwich bread
150 gramssharp cheddar cheese, sliced
8 slicewafer thin ham
2 tbspbutter
2 tbspvegetable oil
1 cupbechamel (white) sauce
2 largeeggs
1 pinchsalt and black pepper

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Steps

10 mins

1

Divide the cheese slices onto the bread, followed by the ham (4 slices on each) and make into two sandwiches
2

Melt the butter in a large saute pan with 1 tablespoon of the oil, and when bubbling add the sandwiches.
3

Fry both sides until browned, but don't let the butter burn
4

Heat the other tablespoon of oil in a small saute pan and crack in the eggs. Fry to your liking.
5

Put the sandwiches on plates, smother with bechamel.
6

Top your sandwich with your fried egg, sprinkle with salt and pepper.