Croque-Madame (grilled ham and cheese sandwich with an egg)
 
Prep time: 10mins
Cook time: 12mins

For 6 croques-madame
Ingredients
  • 12 whole slices of sourdough bread
  • 6 eggs
  • 6 slices of ham
  • 9 slices of cheese (I used Emmental, but you can use any cheese you want)
  • fresh thyme
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Cut a hole in half of country bread slices using a round cookie cutter (2cm smaller than the max height of the slices).
  2. Butter the other half of the slices.
  3. Place buttered slices on a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray. Place a slice of ham and a slice of Emmental cheese on the slices of bread and cover with the slices with a hole. Check that there is no gap between cheese and the bread otherwise the eggwhite might leak when cooking (if necessary add a little cheese to fill the gaps).
  4. Then break an egg into each hole. Bake at 180°C for 12-15mn until the bread is golden brown and the egg white is cooked.
  5. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with fresh thyme.
  6. Serve the croque-madame hot with a green salad.
Recipe by Anne-Sophie Vidal - Fashion Cooking at https://www.fashioncooking.fr/2016/10/croque-madame-grilled-ham-and-egg-sandwich-with-an-egg/