Quick weeknight cooking
Croque Monsieur
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The croque monsieur is the quintessential French bistro snack. Crisp toast, ham and melted cheese make a simple but incredibly good dish.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 15 minutes
- Baking time: approx. 15 minutes
- Total: approx. 30 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 3 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 635 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 35.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 42 g
- Fat
- ≈ 35 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 8 slices sandwich bread · ≈ 200.0 g
- 4 slices cooked ham · ≈ 100 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 200 g Gruyère or Emmental · ≈ 200 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 8 slices sandwich bread
- 4 slices cooked ham
- 200 g Gruyère or Emmental
- 40 g butter
- 20 g flour
- 250 ml milk
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
Instructions
- Melt the butter.
- Stir in the flour.
- Add the milk and make a béchamel.
- Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Top the toast with ham and cheese.
- Fold together.
- Spread with béchamel.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Gratin for about 15 minutes at 200 °C.
