
Croque Madame
Struggle Meals - "Fancy Free"
10
Prep Time (minutes)
30
Cook Time (minutes)
2
ServingsIngredients
- 5 tablespoons butter, divided
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 (1-inch-thick) slices country bread
- 6 slices deli ham
- 1 3/4 cups Swiss cheese, shredded
- 2 eggs
- 2 pickle spears
Steps
- In a saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons butter.
- Whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute, until smooth.
- Add milk in all at once, whisking until mixture becomes thick. Stir in salt, pepper and nutmeg. Set aside.
- Assemble the sandwich: Spread 2 tablespoons butter on slices of bread. Flip bread over and top with 2 tablespoons of the sauce. Sprinkle cheese over the sauce, followed by 3 slices of ham, then sprinkle more cheese. (It will be half a cup of cheese in total per sandwich.) Top with remaining slices of bread, butter side up.
- In a cast-iron pan, place sandwiches butter side down.
- Grill for 2 minutes or until golden brown, flip and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Turn off heat and top each sandwich with more sauce and remaining cheese. Place in the broiler to melt cheese.
- Meanwhile, heat a nonstick skillet on medium heat.
- Crack egg and cook sunny side up until white is set.
- Once cheese is melted, remove sandwich from broiler.
- Plate and top with egg. Serve with pickle.