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Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in bottom third. Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat until hot, about 5 minutes. Melt butter in another saucepan over medium heat; add flour, whisk to ...
We took the croque monsieur, a classic French sandwich made with toasty bread, cheese, ham, and a béchamel, and turned it into a crowd-pleasing appetizer.
A croque monsieur served with a poached or lightly fried egg on top is known as a croque madame [6] (or, in parts of Normandy, as a croque-à-cheval). According to the Petit Robert dictionary, the name dates to around 1960.
Croque-monsieur: France: Baked or fried ham and cheese (typically Emmental or Gruyère) brioche-sandwich, sometimes coated in a mornay or béchamel sauce. Croque-madame: France: Same as a croque-monsieur, but with a fried egg on top. Cuban: United States (Tampa or Key West, Florida)
A more classy version is called le petit déjeuner du voyageur, where delicatessens serve gizzard, bacon, salmon, omelet, or croque monsieur, with or without soft-boiled egg and always with the traditional coffee/tea/chocolate along fruits or fruit juice. When the egg is cooked sunny-side over the croque-monsieur, it is called a croque-madame.
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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]
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