Croque Madame Casserole - Paula Deen
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
- 10 -12 slices white bread (or sour dough)
- 3⁄4 lb deli ham, thinly sliced
- 1 1⁄2 cups gruyere cheese, grated, reserve some for top of casserole
- 6 eggs
directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.(or larger dish)
- Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over low heat until bubbling. Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the milk and cook until thick and bubbling, 3 to 5 minutes more.
- Whisk in the mustard, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- Pour a thin layer of the sauce into the prepared baking dish and cover it with 5 or 6 slices of the bread, then slices of the ham and an even layer of the Gruyere.
- Repeat the layers once more, ending with a third layer of sauce to cover all.
- Bake the casserole for 30 minutes.
- Working in 2 batches, melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Crack 3 eggs into the skillet and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook until the whites are nearly set, about 3 minutes.
- Carefully flip the eggs and continue cooking until the whites are slightly set, they will cook more under the broiler.
- You're going to top portions of the casserole with a fried egg. Repeat with the remaining 3 eggs.
- Top with Gruyere and put in the oven for a few minutes until cheese melts, watching carefully so it does not burn.
- Cut into 6 pieces so each has an egg and serve.
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Scoutie
Roseville, California
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