Easier to make than pronounce (croak-mon-sir), this is world’s most famous open-face sandwich. According to my French sandwich sources (Wikipedia) the name is based on the verb croquer, "to bite hungrily," and the word monsieur which means "mister." So, I guess this basically translates to “bite hungrily Mister!” And if you make this delicious open-faced delight you’ll know why. By the way, I’m sure it’s the same if you’re a Madame or Mademoiselle.There are many versions, but mine is slices of the round, crusty French bread (pain au levain) topped with our cheesy,home-made thyme béchamel (left-over from our cheese soufflé recipe video), covered with ham, tomato and cheese, and then baked golden brown. How do you say “to die for” in French? I stole this version from a French bakery here in San Francisco called Tartine, which has lines of people out the door waiting for these beauties to come out of the oven. Bon Appetite!!
Ingredients:
4 thick slices of bread
1/2 cup of cheesy Bechamel
8 slices tomato
salt and pepper to taste
thinnly sliced smoked ham
grated cheese of your choice
olive oil
6 comments:
Hello Chef! There is also a Croque Madame which is the same way as the Croque Monsieur but with a sunny side up egg on top...Even Yummier! (I live in Belgium and you can find these all over the place)
Sounds Great!!
Yes, there is a Madame version. The egg on top is supposed to symbolize a breast. Not the ideal breast perhaps, but a breast nonetheless.
Love your site.
I don't think i'll call that a croque monsieur. In France there's no tomatoes and there's a 2nd slice of bread on the top covered with bechamel ant cheese. But that recipe looks good and i want to try it.
Bye.
PS : "to die for" in french is "mourir pour" and in this case we prefer saying "se damner pour"
PPS : sorry for bad english ^^
Good thing I'm not in France! The bakery here in San Francisco I stole from it calls it a CM, so that's what I called it. C'est la vie!
Today we made the Croque Monsieur with leftover Holiday Pumpkin Bread. It was so good I ate two, served with coleslaw and pale ale. YouTube has some French accordion music that plays well with this sandwich.
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