Baked Croque Monsieur - Nigella Lawson's Express recipe

A Croque Monsieur is basically a toasted Ham and Cheese sandwich French style. Nigella Lawson goes one step further in her Express cookbook by making it an easy next day breakfast or brunch by preparing it the night before and keeping in the fridge till morning.


We really liked the crispy top, but wasn't that into the soggy bottom. If ever I decide to make it again, I may put the baking tray on the hob after taking it out from the oven just to brown and dry up the bottom a bit more.

Here is the recipe I've amended from the original:

Ingredients:
6 slices bread (brown, white, multigrain whatever)
1/3 cup Dijon mustard or 1/3 cup Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
3 slices of cheese
3 slices of ham
6 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup milk
4 tbsp grated Cheese (any kind you like)
good sprinkling of Worcestershire sauce

1. Spread the mustard or pesto on the bread slices and make sandwiches with the cheese and ham. If you wish, cut the sandwich diagonally to make two triangles.
2. Squash the sandwich into an appropriate sized baking dish.
3. Beat together the eggs, salt and milk and pour over the sandwiches in the baking dish.
4. If you're not cooking it immediately, cover the dish with cling wrap and put in the fridge overnight.
5. Next morning preheat the oven to 180C and remove the cling wrap from the dish. Before you bake it, sprinkle over the grated cheese and worcestershire sauce. Place on the lowest rack in the oven and bake until the top is golden brown.