# Croque Monsieur

A buttery, cheesy, decadent, and caloricly heavy French ham and cheese sandwich.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.75 cup milk
- heavy cream
- 5 tbsp butter
- 5 tbsp flour
- nutmeg
- salt
- ground white pepper
- 7 sandwiches sourdough bread
- Gruyère
- Swiss cheese
- ham
- yellow cheese
- French butter
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Warm 1 and 3/4 cup of milk and heavy cream, but do not let it boil, then set it aside.
2. Melt 5 tablespoons of butter.
3. Add 5 tablespoons of flour to the melted butter to make a roux for the béchamel, ensuring it does not brown.
4. Add half of the milk mixture to the roux, then the other half.
5. Season the béchamel with a little bit of nutmeg, some salt, and ground white pepper.
6. Set the béchamel aside to cool down.
7. Assemble the sandwiches by spreading béchamel on the bottom part of the sourdough bread.
8. Add Gruyère or Swiss cheese.
9. Add ham.
10. Add more Gruyère.
11. Slather the top side of the bread with béchamel and place it on top of the sandwich.
12. Prepare one sandwich with yellow cheese instead of white cheese if preferred.
13. Fry the sandwiches on a flat top with French butter for two to three minutes per side.
14. After toasting, remove the sandwiches and place them on a wire rack.
15. Spread béchamel on top of the toasted sandwiches.
16. Top with any remaining Gruyère and Parmesan cheese to crust the top.
17. Bake the sandwiches in an oven preheated to 380 degrees Fahrenheit until the cheese is melty, starting with 10 minutes.
18. Broil the sandwiches to brown everything until done.

## Equipment

- flat top
- wire rack
- oven

## Tips

- Do not let the béchamel brown; it should be runny and not lumpy.
- Bake until the cheese is melty, then broil to brown everything.

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSmXYXHp8/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/06718873-985d-4e10-ab90-3bff6768d8c1
- Extracted: 2026-02-24

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