Monte Cristo Sandwich
"A battered and grilled sandwich to delight."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
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ingredients
- 18 slices bread
- butter
- 6 slices ham
- 6 slices cooked turkey or 6 slices cooked chicken
- 12 slices swiss cheese or 12 slices gruyere cheese
- mustard, if desired
- mayonnaise, if desired
- 3 eggs
- 1⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
- powdered sugar
directions
- For each sandwich use 3 slices of bread. Butter one side of bread first, then cover with a slice of ham and a slice of turkey or chicken.
- Butter both sides of the second slice of bread and spread with a little mustard or other dressing, if desired.
- Place on top of turkey or ham slice and top with 2 thin slices of cheese.
- Butter third slice for top; press sandwich lightly and trim crusts.
- Cut into halves diagonally and secure with toothpicks.
- Beat eggs with milk and salt.
- Dip sandwich halves into the egg mixture and fry on a hot skillet or griddle in butter or margarine.
- Brown on all sides, adding more butter when necessary.
- Dust lightly with powdered sugar & remove toothpicks before serving.
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Wordeful sandwich! I left out the powdered sugar and reduced the butter. But even after I reduced the butter it was still buttery for my taste. I used mustard instead of mayo and I also used whole wheat bread! Thanks Laurale for sharing this tasty recipe! Made it for PAC Fall 2007
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And don't forget to sprinkle these bad boys with some powdered sugar!! ~Chef 289860
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These have been a favorite of mine for a long time.
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this sounds sooooo good, i'm going to try this saturday!!!!!! thanks :)
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