What a croque!
September 30, 2008
The croque-monsieur (pictured top) is one of those stereotypical things that you must try if you ever find yourself in France. You can pick up the fast-food, ready-made version at many an outlet, but they are much better when cooked fresh for you. Most brasserie will have it on the menu and bring it to your table piping hot.
It is basically a ham and cheese sandwich, except you’ll find most of the cheese baked onto the top of the bread, while the ham is between the two slices.
An addition to the croque family is the croque-madame (pictured middle). She’s the same as monsieur, except a fried egg is placed on top.
The croque-provençal takes it one step further than the madame: tomato is added between the two slices of bread along with the ham.
Any way you choose to crunch this one, it is a heavy, fairly oily, meal. But it still shouldn’t be missed. I like mine with a dab of french mustard.
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Hey Sheila,
Glad to see you are still off on your adventures!
Greg