Monte Cristo Sandwich

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By Ann Maloney

The Monte Cristo brings French toast and grilled ham and food unneurotic for an over-the-top, battered and fried sandwich. The crockery is possibly astir commonly recovered connected concatenation edifice menus and successful taverns. Some marque it a triple-decker, oregon dip the full sandwich successful pancake batter. We deliberation a small little is much here, truthful we utilized 2 slices of hearty bread, thinly sliced meats, gruyere and raspberry jam — each dunked successful an ovum wash. Your prime of bread, meats and jams tin vary. (Think of this arsenic a post-holiday mode to devour leftover somewhat stale bread, ham, turkey and cranberry sauce, too.) We urge fractional a sandwich served with a large greenish crockery to lighten things up.

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Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 2-4

4 slices hearty achromatic bread, with oregon without crusts
2 tablespoons raspberry jam, positive much for serving
2 tablespoons spicy, stone-ground mustard
4 ounces shredded Gruyère oregon Swiss food (about 2 cups)
6 ounces thinly sliced Black Forest ham oregon roasted turkey breast, oregon a operation of the two
2 ample eggs
2 tablespoons beverage (any abdominous content)
1 spoon vanilla extract
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/8 spoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 tablespoonful unsalted butter, positive much arsenic needed
Confectioners' sugar, for serving (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1/2 sandwich), based connected 4

Calories
307
Fat
16 g
Saturated Fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
17 g
Sodium
678 mg
Cholesterol
151 mg
Protein
22 g
Fiber
3 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From recipes exertion Ann Maloney.

Tested by Ann Maloney.

Published November 14, 2023

Updated March 17, 2026