Croque Madame

Name: Croque Madame
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 8 slices white bread; 8 slices ham; 4 slices Gruyère; béchamel: 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp flour, 1 cup milk; 4 fried eggs; Dijon mustard; butter for cooking

A croque monsieur topped with a fried egg — the luxe upgrade. Baking it briefly after pan-frying is what fully melts the Gruyère through the centre instead of just browning the outside.

Total time

22 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

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Ingredients

8 sliceswhite bread

8 slicesham

4 slicesGruyère

béchamel: 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp flour, 1 cup milk

4fried eggs

Dijon mustard

butterfor cooking

Instructions

Make béchamel; season.

Spread mustard on bread; add ham and cheese.

Butter outside; cook in pan until golden; bake at 180°C 5 min.

Top each with a fried egg.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

300

Protein

19.8g

Fat

10.8g

Carbs

30.1g

Fiber

1.6g

Sodium

843mg

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