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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
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• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat the oven to 4oo degrees F. | 2. To Make Bechamel Soubise Sauce --. | 3. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and sweat the garlic and onions over low heat for 15 minutes, stirring often. | 4. Add the flour all at once, whisking with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Stir in the hot cream and cook, whisking constantly, for 5 minutes or until sauce is thickened. | 5. Remove from heat and stir in the salt. pepper, nutmeg, Pastis, 1/4 cup grated Gruyere, fromage blanc, and the Parmesan; set aside. | 6. To toast the bread, place the slices on a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes, turn and bake for another 3 minutes, until toasted. | 7. To Assemble the Sandwiches --. | 8. Brush Dijon mustard evenly on one side of half the toasted bread slices. Add a slice of ham to each, sprinkle with half the remaining Gruyere. Top with another slice of toasted bread. Slather the tops with the cheese sauce, and sprinkle with the remaining Gruyere. | 9. Bake for 5 minutes at 400 degrees F. Turn on the broiler and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, until cheese topping is nicely caramelized. (You want the outside to be crusty and golden brown, and the inside soft and pudding-like). | 10. Serve hot, garnished with a thyme sprig and a tart little Cornichon pickle on the side. Variation: For a "Croque Madame", serve with a fried or poached egg on top (the egg resembles a ladies hat). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	2	tablespoons	unsalted	171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
white onion	3	tablespoons	chopped	12.0	2.802	0.33	0.03
purpose flour	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
half cream	1	cup		136.88	20.88	6.032	3.248
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
nutmeg	1/4	teaspoon		2.8875	0.2711	0.0321	0.1997
pastis	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
gruyere cheese	8	ounces	grated divided	936.684	0.8165	67.6091	73.3471
mascarpone cheese	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-
parmesan cheese	1/4	cup	grated	74.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
french bread	8	thick		-	-	-	-
dijon mustard	4	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
ham	6	ounces	applewood-smoked sliced	416.745	0.0	29.6484	32.0979
thyme sprig				-	-	-	-
tart french cornichons	4			-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.