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Croque Madame Recipe

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Ingredients

Directions

Step #1 Place a small saucepan over medium-low heat; melt 2 tbsps butter; whisk in the flour & cook for 1 min or so.
Step #2 Whisk in the milk & bring it to a bubble; then decrease the heat to low.
Step #3 Spice up the sauce with salt, nutmeg, pepper, & Dijon mustard.
Step #4 When the bechamel sauce coats the back of a spoon, turn off the heat.
Step #5 Heat 1 tbsp of the butter in a medium nonstick skillet over med-low heat.
Step #6 When the butter melts, crack in the eggs, keeping the whites separate from each other.
Step #7 Cook them to desired doneness, sunnyside up to over hard.
Step #8 While the eggs cook, generously butter the bread with the remaining 3 tbsps of butter.
Step #9 Keep the buttered sides facing out & build ham & cheese sandwiches, spreading bechamel on the insides of the bread & using 2 slices of ham & cheese for each sandwich.
Step #10 Heat a second skillet over med-heat/flame; cook the sandwiches 3-4 mins until golden, then turn.
Step #11 Cook them for 2 mins more, then transfer them to plates, & top this with eggs & more sauce; garnish with the sliced herb of choice & serve this with a fork & knife.
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