Recipe: Perfect Monte Cristo Sandwich

Monte Cristo Sandwich. A quick and easy sandwich with ham, turkey and swiss slices, dipped in an egg/milk mixture and fried to a golden brown. A hot alternative to the usual lunch or snack. Try it with berry jam on the side.

It has a nice thick batter and is absolutely delicious. Enjoy hot sandwich with currant jelly or make a currant sauce with currant jelly, water and heavy cream. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium-low heat. You can have Monte Cristo Sandwich using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Monte Cristo Sandwich

1. You need 3 pieces of bread loaf.
2. You need of Butter, to spread and to put in the pan.
3. You need 1 piece of ham.
4. It's 1 piece of cheddar sandwich cheese.
5. You need of Cream cheese, to spread.
6. You need of Strawberry jam, to spread.

Serve immediately, dusted with confectioners' sugar. Whisk eggs, flour, butter, salt and pepper in a shallow dish until smooth. This Monte Cristo sandwich is a classic French toast-style sandwich. Now you don't have to wait for a trip to a local diner to get your craving fulfilled.

Monte Cristo Sandwich instructions

1. Warm ham in toaster around 5 minutes in medium heat..
2. Spread butter in both one side of the first bread loaf. Get a cooking pan, put butter and toast the bread (side of the one with butter spread facedown)..
3. Put the cheddar sandwich cheese on top. Set aside..
4. Get the second bread loaf, butter up one side and again toast on the pan. Put the ham on top. Set aside..
5. Get the third bread loaf. Put butter on both sides. Toast it quickly in the pan. Put the three loaves together and put back on the pan. Just add butter on the pan everytime you toast the bread so that it doesn’t burn..
6. Serve with cream cheese and strawberry jam..

The sandwich filling is a combination of sliced ham, turkey or chicken, and cheese, along with mustard or mayonnaise. A perfect Monte Cristo sandwich has a few classic markers: soft white bread, thinly sliced deli ham, creamy Gruyère cheese, and a custardy egg dip before being cooked. To balance all that savory goodness, Monte Cristo sandwiches are often dusted with powdered sugar and served with berry jam for dipping. If you've never had one, a Monte Cristo sandwich is sort of like a sweet and savory, deep-fried grilled cheese with ham and turkey on it. This is the ultimate make at home Monte Cristo Sandwich - with turkey, ham and cheese in a sandwich that is cooked French toast style.