Croque-Monsieur. The ultimate ham and cheese sandwich.
Ingredients
olive oil
2 Tbsps
bread -slices
8
Gruyere cheese
1/4 lb
sliced thin
country-cured ham
1/4 lb
sliced thin
Directions
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
Spread the olive oil on a baking sheet.
Place all the slices of bread on the baking sheet so that one side of the bread is coated by the olive oil.
Take a slice of bread and layer with a slice of Gruyere cheese and honey-cured ham. Top with a slice of bread wet side up. Repeat with remaining bread slices.
Place in the oven and bake for 5 minutes.
Flip the sandwiches and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
Remove and trim the crusts from the sandwiches. Cut diagonally and serve.