{"id":2406,"date":"2023-08-28T12:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:51:14","slug":"croque-monsieur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/28\/croque-monsieur\/12\/51\/2406\/13\/appdev2098\/countries-breakfast\/french\/","title":{"rendered":"Croque Monsieur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Croque Monsieur\u00a0is a delicious French ham and cheese sandwich, made with gruyere, parmesan, ham and a simple b\u00e9chamel sauce, toasted in the oven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B\u00e9chamel sauce:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0unsalted butter\u00a0(\u00bd stick)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0cup\u00a0all-purpose flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00bd\u00a0cups\u00a0whole milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salt and freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0dijon mustard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>dash of ground nutmeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sandwich:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8\u00a0thin slices\u00a0white\u00a0sandwich breads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>5\u00a0ounces\u00a0good quality ham\u00a0about 8 slices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6\u00a0ounces\u00a0Gruyere cheese\u00a0,or Emmental cheese, grated (about 2\u00bd cups)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/4\u00a0cup\u00a0freshly grated parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B\u00e9chamel sauce:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for about 3 minutes.&nbsp;Gradually add milk, stirring well until the mixture is smooth. Cook, stirring, until sauce is thickened.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Season with a little bit of salt and pepper. Remove from heat and whisk in mustard and nutmeg. Set aside while you make the sandwiches, or make the sauce up to 1 week in advance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assemble sandwiches:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 425\u00b0 F.&nbsp;Line a baking tray with parchement paper and set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread each bread slice with a layer of b\u00e9chamel, spreading it all the way to the edges.&nbsp;Place 4 slices of bread, b\u00e9chamel side up, on prepared baking sheet.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top each with a piece of ham, a handful of gruyere, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Place remaining slices of bread on top, b\u00e9chamel side up, then top with remaining gruyere and parmesan cheese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bake at 425 degrees F for about 5-6 minutes, until cheese is melted, and then turn the oven to broil and broil until the cheese on top is lightly golden, 2-4 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croque Monsieur\u00a0is a delicious French ham and cheese sandwich, made with gruyere, parmesan, ham and a simple b\u00e9chamel sauce, toasted in the oven. Ingredients B\u00e9chamel sauce: Sandwich: Instructions&nbsp; B\u00e9chamel sauce: Assemble sandwiches:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-french"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Croque-Monsieur.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saad.appscodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}