Breakfast · 20 min · french

Croque Madame

Weeknight-friendly French cooking: Croque Madame comes together in 20 minutes with sourdough bread, ham, and not much else. The macros do the talking: 56g protein, 32g carbs, and 52g fat in every 822-calorie serving. Leftovers keep well, so it doubles as next-day lunch without any extra work.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 slices Sourdough bread
• 3 oz Ham
• 3 oz Gruyere cheese
• 1 Egg
• 1 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard

Steps

1. Heat the oven broiler to high.
2. Spread Dijon on both bread slices and layer ham and grated gruyere on one.
3. Close the sandwich and butter the outsides lightly.
4. Grill in a skillet 3 minutes per side until golden, then move to a baking sheet.
5. Top with a little extra gruyere and broil 2 minutes until bubbling and browned.
6. Meanwhile fry the egg sunny-side up in butter, 2 to 3 minutes.
7. Crown the hot sandwich with the egg and serve at once.

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