Merry excess day you sassy minxes! Heres a recipe for my healthy Xmas breakfast of choice! Healthy, coz, uh, Itll soak up all that terrible, terrible booze? Croque Monsieur (makes 2): Ingredients * 4 big slices of white bread (batard or something similarly fancy) * 100g good champagne ham * 2-3 tsp dijon mustard * 1 Tbsp butter * 1 Tbsp plain flour * 1-1 1/2 cups milk * 100g Gruyere cheese, grated * Salt & ground white pepper Method 1.) Preheat oven to 200 degrees. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over a medium-low heat. Add the flour, stirring until the mixture starts to froth. 2.) Slowly add the milk whilst stirring, a small amount at a time. After a while a thick sauce begins to form. Keep adding milk until youve got a medium runny bechamel sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. 3.) Lightly toast the bread. On two slices, place a double layer of ham. Spread mustard over the top. 4.) Top with 1/3rd of the Gruyere and a spoonful of bechamel. Place the other bread slices on top. 5.) Evenly spread bechamel over the top of the bread until completely covered. Top with the remaining Gruyere. 6.) Place in the oven for 3 minutes before switching it to a high grill. Grill until crusty on top. 7.) EAT IT Now. One last point. Dont try to be cheap and skimp on the Gruyere; it wont be the same. Nothing compares. In fact, do you remember that crazy Irish chick singing about it?: Its been seven hours and fifteen days Since I last had you grilled So I ate edam, colby and tasty cheese Since I last had you grilled Since u been gone Ive been eating so many things Ive been grilling so many kinds I can eat my dinner from a plastic tray But nothing I said nothing can take away your taste `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Toppings been lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me baby where did I go wrong I could chuck some cheese over any bread I see But theyd only remind me of you I went to the doctor and guess what he told me Guess what he told me He said, Girl, you better try to grill no matter what you have. But hes a fool `Cause nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u All the bread that u bought, mama At the bakery Went stale when u went away I know that living with u baby was a heart attack But Im willing to give it another try Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u Nothing compares Nothing compares 2 u
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:56:26 +0000
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