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Spread mustard on bread. Layer 4 bread slices with Swiss cheese, ham, and cheese again. Place remaining bread slices on top. In a shallow dish, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
Yields: 6 servings. Prep Time: 15 mins. Total Time: 35 mins. Ingredients. 3. large eggs. 1/2 c. milk. 1/4 tsp. kosher salt. Pinch ground nutmeg (optional) 2 tbsp.
On a griddle, melt the butter. Cook the ham over moderate heat, turning, until golden and crispy around the edges, about 5 minutes. In a shallow bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk.
The first documented reference to a "Monte Cristo Sandwich" was in an American restaurant industry publication in 1923. [1] From the 1930s to the 1960s, American cookbooks commonly had recipes for similar croque monsieur variants, under such names as "French sandwich", "toasted ham sandwich", and "French toasted cheese sandwich". [2]
In the United States, the Monte Cristo (a ham-and-cheese sandwich often dipped in egg and fried) is popular fare in diners. [7] Variants of the sandwich with substitutions or additional ingredients are given names modeled on the original croque-monsieur, for example:
In the 1903 Good Housekeeping Everyday Cook Book, a recipe for a club sandwich included bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and a slice of turkey sandwiched between two slices of bread. [3] While the 1928 book Seven Hundred Sandwiches by Florence A. Cowles includes a section on bacon sandwiches, the recipes often include pickles and none contain ...
A Monte Cristo is a sandwich filled with Swiss cheese, ham, turkey, and Dijon mustard, then dipped in a French toast batter, shallow-fried, and served dusted with confectioners' sugar and a side ...
Lauren Dagenais' Monte Cristo sandwich is "the ultimate combination of sweet and salty."