Croque monsieur from Barefoot In Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make At Home (page 48) by Ina Garten

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Jbattista on May 10, 2026

Insanely good. No notes
adellel on February 03, 2026

Good! The mustard adds a nice flavor.
averythingcooks on March 12, 2024

We loved these beside a green salad with a pretty assertive vinaigrette from the same book. I left the crusts on the bread & made 2 sandwiches. 1/4 of the sauce was going to be a bit annoying with such small amts so I made 1/3 which gave us a generous top layer with some leftover.
anya_sf on January 26, 2020

I just made 2 sandwiches and used whole wheat sandwich bread and Black Forest ham, since that's what I had. Lowfat milk worked for the cheese sauce. The sauce was very thick, but needed to be to stay on the bread. My broiler only took about 30 seconds and the edges that weren't covered in sauce started to burn (the sandwiches were probably too close). Very tasty!
luolili on February 17, 2018

I would not call this a healthy recipe, but it sure is tasty! Husband adores it!
Analyze on March 25, 2017

This is an interesting recipe; on the one hand, we didn't think that it had that much flavor and I couldn't taste the ham, but on the other hand, I accidentally DOUBLED the amount of bread, so that could explain that! It's not a repeat for me, but I just wanted to note that the sauce that you top your sandwich with (and then bake, then broil) is really good and tastes just like the cheesy sauce you'd typically find in a cauliflower gratin or something like that, so if that sounds delicious, you might really enjoy this. I prefer the sauce to stay in my veggie dishes personally, but I could see people really liking this sandwich.