Recipe: Perfect Monte Cristo sandwich

Monte Cristo sandwich. "A quick and easy sandwich with ham, turkey and swiss slices, dipped in an egg/milk mixture and fried to a golden brown. A hot alternative to the usual lunch or snack. Put the third slice of bread on top of one stack, and.

Enjoy hot sandwich with currant jelly or make a currant sauce with currant jelly, water and heavy cream. This Monte Cristo sandwich is a classic French toast-style sandwich. Now you don't have to wait for a trip to a local diner to get your craving fulfilled. You can cook Monte Cristo sandwich using 8 ingredients and 34 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Monte Cristo sandwich

1. Prepare 6 slices of toasted bread.
2. Prepare 8 of sliced cheese.
3. You need 8 slices of ham or turkey.
4. It's of Strawberry jam.
5. Prepare 4 of eggs, beaten.
6. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
7. It's of Bread crumbs.
8. Prepare of Vegetable oil or butter.

The sandwich filling is a combination of sliced ham, turkey or chicken, and cheese, along with mustard or mayonnaise. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. Serve immediately, dusted with confectioners' sugar. If you've never had one, a Monte Cristo sandwich is sort of like a sweet and savory, deep-fried grilled cheese with ham and turkey on it.

Monte Cristo sandwich step by step

1. Cut the crusts off the bread..
2. Spread jam on the bread..
3. Put one slice of cheese on it,.
4. Then put 2 sliced ham and.
5. Another slice of cheese...
6. Pread jam on the bread and place on top of the cheese. Spread jam on the bread again and repeat the process.
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12. . Crack the eggs into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper..
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14. Dip the sandwich thoroughly in the beaten eggs..
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16. Coat with the bread crumbs.
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18. Heat the oil or melt the butter in a pan. Fry the sandwich on both sides and four corners..
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23. Cut the sandwich into half and Bon appetite..
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Whisk eggs, flour, butter, salt and pepper in a shallow dish until smooth. A Monte Cristo sandwich is an egg-dipped ham and cheese sandwich that is pan or deep fried, a variation of the French croque-monsieur. The Monte Cristo Sandwich is squarely in that category of dishes that used to be classic and on almost any diner menu, but can now actually be tough to find. In fact, I can't really remember the last time I saw one on a menu. Place turkey and Swiss cheese on one slice of bread and ham and American cheese on another slice of bread.