Croque Madame

Directions

  1. 1Remove ham from paper and slice it.
  2. 2Cut butter into cubes.
  3. 3Melt butter in a pot, add flour and mix.
  4. 4Add milk and mix.
  5. 5Add pepper, nutmeg, truffle and egg yolk and mix to create mornay sauce.
  6. 6Slice cheese.
  7. 7Cut a thick slice of bread.
  8. 8Put bread on a wire rack, cover with mornay sauce, then ham, and cheese.
  9. 9Spread mornay sauce on another slice of bread and top the sandwich.
  10. 10Add butter to a pan, then toast the sandwich.
  11. 11Place sandwich back on the wire rack and cover with mornay sauce, then cheese.
  12. 12Place in the oven.
  13. 13Cook an egg in a pan with butter.
  14. 14Top the sandwich with fried egg, chives, pepper and truffle.
  15. 15Cut the sandwich in half.

Ingredients

  • ham
  • butter
  • flour
  • milk
  • pepper
  • nutmeg
  • black truffle
  • egg yolk
  • cheese
  • bread
  • egg
  • chives

Equipment

cutting boardknifepotspatulagraterovenpantongsspatula