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Yields: 6 servings. Prep Time: 15 mins. Total Time: 35 mins. Ingredients. 3. large eggs. 1/2 c. milk. 1/4 tsp. kosher salt. Pinch ground nutmeg (optional) 2 tbsp.
Spread mustard on bread. Layer 4 bread slices with Swiss cheese, ham, and cheese again. Place remaining bread slices on top. In a shallow dish, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
A Monte Cristo is a sandwich filled with Swiss cheese, ham, turkey, and Dijon mustard, then dipped in a French toast batter, shallow-fried, and served dusted with confectioners' sugar and a side ...
The first documented reference to a "Monte Cristo Sandwich" was in an American restaurant industry publication in 1923. [1] From the 1930s to the 1960s, American cookbooks commonly had recipes for similar croque monsieur variants, under such names as "French sandwich", "toasted ham sandwich", and "French toasted cheese sandwich ". [ 2 ]
In the United States, the Monte Cristo (a ham-and-cheese sandwich often dipped in egg and fried) is popular fare in diners. [7] Variants of the sandwich with substitutions or additional ingredients are given names modeled on the original croque-monsieur, for example:
The famous Bennigan’s Monte Cristo sandwich is among the items on the Bennigan’s On the Fly menu. The Wichita restaurant also will apparently include a concept called Bennigan’s On the Fly .
Sandwiches calling for hamburger patties to be placed into two slices of bread, rather than into a bun, date to the mid-1800s and were referred to as hamburger sandwiches. [6] It is unclear when the patty melt was invented, but it was most likely the mid-20th century, either during the Great Depression or the postwar economic boom .
The restaurant features 14 menu items from Bennigan’s, including Hogan’s Egg Rolls, the Turkey O’Toole Sandwich, and, much to Larsen and Barber’s delight, the Monte Cristo (a ham, turkey ...