Madame Cristo
I was attempting to do a petty twist on the venerable Croque Madame, yesteryear soaking the toast inward a custard batter earlier frying, instead of topping it alongside the green white sauce, but when I’d finished, I realized what I actually had created was a Monte Cristo alongside a poached egg on top. These things volition happen.
It was amazingly delicious, but I decided it wasn’t unopen plenty to telephone telephone a Croque Madame, which is when I turned to Twitter for help. This is never a practiced idea, but this fourth dimension it totally worked out, equally or thence dude who goes yesteryear the name, Zap Shakur (@zapshakur), suggested I instruct alongside “Madame Cristo,” in addition to the remainder is history.
If you’re only making 1 or two, experience gratis to poach your eggs correct earlier the sandwiches are done, but for larger parties, you’ll desire to banking enterprise jibe out this poached egg video, which shows a bang-up make-ahead method for serving multiple poached eggs at the same time. This is precisely how it’s done inward restaurants, where cooking to guild would move nearly impossible.
If you lot are feeding a larger group, you lot tin brand your sandwiches ahead, in addition to thence only proceed them inward a warm oven, until you’re ready to overstep alongside the poached eggs. But, whether you’re making this for 2 or twenty, I actually do promise you lot reach it a examine soon. Enjoy!
Ingredients for 2 Madame Cristos:
- 4 slices white bread, lightly toasted
- 8 sparse slices of Gruyere, Swiss, Cheddar, Havarti, or whatever other melting cheese
- 4 ounces thinly sliced love baked ham or like meat product
- 2 tablespoons butter for pan frying
- 2 poached or fried eggs to top
- chives to garnish
For the egg batter:
- 2 large eggs
- 5 tablespoons heavy cream or milk
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- pinch of nutmeg in addition to cayenne
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest