Every so often you just have to enjoy a delicious sandwich. I think there is undoubtedly nothing better than a French staple grilled cheese sandwich.

Also, better known as Croque-Monsieur Sandwich. In translation, it means Gentlemen’s Crunch.

My favorite way to eat a croque-madame is with a little sunny-side-up egg on top, with a drizzle of hot sauce!

With that being said, you should also try a “Croque Mademoiselle” which is a vegetarian version with cucumber or zucchini and chives.

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I genuinely feel like this sandwich instantly transports you back to a French café or charming bistro, where you may have ordered it while sipping on a café au lait.

You may know this sandwich in the USA as a Monte Cristo Sandwich. Nevertheless, it is delicious whatever you call it.

My husband and I devoured it because we absolutely love a good sandwich. Especially with premium carved cuts of high-quality meats like Hillshire Farm® Premium Carved Slow Roasted Seasoned Ham.

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STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTION:

Yield: 4 Sandwiches

Croque-Monsieur

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Every so often you just have to enjoy a delicious sandwich. I think there is undoubtedly nothing better than a French staple grilled cheese sandwich, better known as Croque-Monsieur. In translation, it means Gentlemen’s Crunch.

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Ingredients

Bechamel Sauce

• 3 1/2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter reserve 1/2 tbsp for buttering the bread
• 1 1/2-2 tablespoon/s All-purpose flour substitute 1/4 tbsp Guar gum
• 2-2 1/2 cups Whole milk
• 3 ounces Gruyère Cheese, grated substitute with Swiss Cheese
• 1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 Sprigs of Thyme steam removed

Sandwich ingredients

• 1/2 tablespoon Melted Unsalted Butter reserved from Bechamel Sauce)
• 8 slices Sandwich Bread preferably rustic, or traditional Brioche toast
• 8 slices Hillshire Farm® Premium Carved Meat, I used Ham
• 8-10 ounces Gruyère Cheese, grated substitute with Swiss Cheese (aged)

Garnish:

• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh chives or green onions

Instructions

Shread/Grate the cheeses; Gruyère Cheese and Swiss Cheese. You may use more or less, but I think this is a perfect amount. I like shredding my own cheese and it melts even better when you do it. 

Bechamel Sauce:

1. Melt the butter over low heat in a small saucepan and add the flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Add milk; bring to a simmer.
2. Cook, whisking frequently, until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add the salt, pepper, grated Gruyere, and the Swiss and set aside.

Toasting

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in bottom third. Place 8 bread slices on the baking sheet, butter each toast with unsalted butter, then toast for a couple of minutes.
2. After the toast slices are nicely golden take it out of the oven. Just to note that you can toast bread in a large toaster or conventional oven as well if that saves you time.

Sandwich Assembly

1. Top each with half with bechamel sauce, about 1 tablespoon equally spread, then add slices of the ham and shredded Gruyère. Top with remaining bread.
2. On the very top of each sandwich add about 1 more tablespoon of the Bechamel sauce and generous amount of shredded Gruyère.
3. Turn the oven broiler on high and transfer the baking sheet with sandwiches in the oven. Broil until the top of the sandwiches with bechamel sauce and cheese begins to bubble, approximately 2 minutes.
4. Slice in half and enjoy

Notes

For Croque-Madame add a fried sunny side up egg on the top and serve.

• For Croque-Madame, add a fried sunny-side-up egg on top and serve.
• Gruyère cheese is one of the finest Swiss cheeses. Its taste is nutty and salty when new but varies greatly with age. Since it can be quite pricy, you can substitute with regular Swiss cheese.

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I have been on an ice-cream kick lately… to correct myself, on “homemade” ice-cream kick. It is just so easy to make your own, not cheap at all just to warn you guys, but you can definitely taste the difference between homemade and store-bought ice cream.

I don’t know how to explain, it tastes much richer and creamier, and I don’t even have to tell you that you know what you adding in your own ice cream so you can get whatever you would like in it.

We have made so many ice creams in the last few weeks, and we loved each every one of the flavors, so I am sharing one by one. Of course, you can make ice cream without ice cream maker or machine but if you have a machine why would you make without it.

Of course, you can make ice cream without ice cream maker or machine but if you have a machine why would you make without it.
I just don’t know why I waited so long to get one. Like I said, it’s not cheap but my family and I have been enjoying this homemade deliciousness very much.

I googled what is number one ice cream in the USA, and believe it or not, Cookies ‘n’ Cream popped as numero uno. To tell you honestly, I was a bit shocked and totally expected something like the chocolate chip or even plain vanilla or chocolate, but nope, it is Cookies ‘n’ Cream.

I am planning to share many more homemade ice creams with you so stay tuned for berry ice cream, matcha, tropical ice cream, chocolate and, of course, the chocolate chip that I just made last night and LOVEEEED it!! 

I gotta tell ya, it was delightful. It is definitely creamy, but it got that bite from cookies although it is not overly sweet at all. I read recipes from instructions and so many calls for 2 cups of sugar.

YES!!! 2 cups! I find it a bit too sweet considering that we are adding cookies as well so I use only one cup of sugar for my base on this amount of liquid.

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Cookies 'n' Cream Ice-Cream

2 quarts ice cream

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword ice cream, dessert,

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 16 Sevings

Author Sandra | Sandra's Easy Cooking

Ingredients

BASE

• 4 cups Heavy Whipped Cream
• 1 cup Half and Half
• 3/4 cup liquid French Vanilla Coffee Creamer sugar-free
• 1 tbsp. Vanilla Extract
• 1 cup Sugar

TOPPING

• 15 Oreo Cookies + 10 extra

Equipment

• Ice cream maker
• ice cubes
• Salt for Ice cream

Instructions

1. Combine all the ingredients together for the base, then add 15 crushed cookies.
2. Transfer the mixture to the Ice cream canister and follow instruction for your ice cream maker; add ice around the canister with ice cream salt in between ice cubes. Makes sure to freeze canister as well before transferring mixture into it.
3. Allow it to churn for approximately 40 minutes.
4. Meantime, freeze canister or freezer safe dish to transfer ice cream.
5. Transfer ice cream into freezer safe dish/container, crush remaining 10 cookies and stir into half frozen ice-cream mixture.

6. Let it freeze for at least 8 hours before serving, preferably 12 hours.

Recipe Notes

1/2 cup is a standard serving size for Ice-Cream (1 large scoop)

There are 8 cups (4 pints or 16 scoops) in 2 quarts of ice cream.