Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook croque monsieur with a simple side salad. and a croque madame for the ladies using 11 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:

1. Make ready 4 slices sourdough or crusty bread
2. Prepare 75 grams butter
3. Prepare 75 grams grated cheddar cheese
4. Make ready 75 grams grated gruyere cheese
5. Prepare 4 thick slices of good quality ham
6. Take 125 ml milk
7. Prepare 2 bay leaves
8. Get 1 small onion chopped in quarters
9. Prepare 20 grams plain flour
10. Take 2 tbsp heaped Dijon mustard
11. Get Good splash of Worcestershire sauce

Steps to make Croque Monsieur with a simple side salad. And a croque madame for the ladies:

1. Make a simple béchamel sauce. Using milk, bay leaves and a small onion.
Add the Dijon mustard, a little Worcestershire sauce and the cheddar cheese. It should be a thick creamy sauce with a dark deep flavour. (well that’s how I like it but by all means use less of the mustard) - Season to taste all the time.
2. Then with your slices of sourdough bread spread a little butter on one side and grill until golden (one side only) 
Turn the bread over and spread each slice with a thin layer of the béchamel sauce and add generous slices of ham. Add your grated gruyère cheese and form Into a sandwich. - In a frying pan melt some butter and fry gently on both sides until golden. - Transfer to a preheated oven and cook for 4-5 minutes so it warms right through to the centre.
3. Now you are ready to plate up, but like a gentleman I am, I fried a free range egg to turn one of the sandwiches into a croque madame!! Unfortunately or maybe fortunately in this case, I had no female company to share with…..So I ate them both myself 😉😉 All the best and enjoy.

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