The Ultimate Croque Madame Recipe

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Take ordinary grilled cheese up a notch with this over the top and decadent recipe.  The Ultimate Croque Madame with prosciutto, Organic Valley cheeses, and a rich bechamel sauce will have your whole family swooning!

In my humble opinion, most dishes are better with a sunny-side up egg.  Am I right?  Well, if you disagree, don’t fret.  Our recipe of the day, the Ultimate Croque Madame, is equally delicious sans egg.  We’ll just have to call it a Croque Monsieur instead.  Either way, it’s amazing.  In fact, you’ll likely never make plain ol’ grilled cheese again!

I stumbled upon a recipe for this dish years ago.  In my family, when celebrating a birthday, you get to pick what’s for dinner.  When it’s my husband’s turn, we always, ALWAYS, have grilled cheese.  So to spruce things up, I took it up a notch.  The first year we made Croque Monsieur – grilled cheese and ham without  the egg.  The next year, Croque Madame.

We’ve gotten fancier each year, resulting in the Ultimate Croque Madame – complete with a rich and decadent bechamel sauce.  Don’t be intimidated; although the name is fancy, it’s simple to execute.

The Ultimate Croque Madame Ingredients

This delicious recipe actually uses just a few really excellent ingredients, like quality prosciutto, artisanal bread, and Organic Valley dairy products.  Organic Valley carries a full line of organic cheeses in a variety of flavors including shreds, string, blocks, slices, snack sticks, cream cheese and crumbles.  All Organic Valley cheeses are certified organic and never use antibiotics, synthetic hormones, toxic pesticides or GMOs; most cheeses are also vegetarian friendly.

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The Ultimate Croque Madame

First let’s prepare the sauce.  Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Whisk in the flour and cook, stirring constantly until thoroughly incorporated.  Add the milk, slowly, while whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth.

Cook, stirring often until the sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper, dijon, and nutmeg.

When you’re ready to assemble the sandwiches, preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and lay down the bread slices.

Spoon sauce up to the edges over each piece of bread.  Top half the bread slices with prosciutto and half of the cheeses.  Top with remaining bread slices, then top those slices with remaining cheese.

Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 5-6 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly.  Turn on the broiler and cook for an additional 3 minutes or so, until the sandwich tops are golden.

Meanwhile, pan fry an egg for each sandwich.  Make sure the whites are cooked through and the yolk is runny.  Season with salt and pepper.

Plate the sandwiches, then top each with an egg.  Bon appetit!

The Ultimate Croque Madame

Yield: 5 sandwiches

Take ordinary grilled cheese up a notch with this over the top and decadent recipe.  The Ultimate Croque Madame with prosciutto, Organic Valley cheeses, and a rich bechamel sauce will have your whole family swooning!

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Ingredients

• Bechamel Sauce
• 1/4 cup Organic Valley Cultured Butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups Organic Valley Whole Milk
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
• pinch of freshly ground nutmeg
• Sandwich
• 10 pieces of artisanal sandwich bread
• 8 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto
• 8 ounces Organic Valley Shredded Mozzarella (or mix it up with Mexican cheese if you like!)
• 8 ounces Organic Valley Sharp Cheddar, hand-grated
• 5 eggs

Instructions

Prepare the sauce:

1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Whisk in the flour and cook, stirring constantly until thoroughly incorporated.  Add the milk, slowly, while whisking constantly until the mixture is smooth.  
2. Cook, stirring often until the sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper, dijon, and nutmeg.

Sandwich Assembly:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Spoon sauce up to the edges over each piece of bread.  Top half the bread slices with prosciutto and half of the cheeses.  Top with remaining bread slices, then top those slices with remaining cheese.
2. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 5-6 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly.  Turn on the broiler and cook for an additional 3 minutes or so, until the sandwich tops are golden.  
3. Meanwhile, pan fry an egg for each sandwich.  Make sure the whites are cooked through and the yolk is runny.  Season with salt and pepper.
4. Plate the sandwiches then top each with an egg.  Bon appetit!  

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