Name: Jamon croque monsieur
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 thick slices good-quality white bread; unsalted butter; 8 thin slices beaufort or gruyere cheese; 4 thin slices jamon iberico; freshly ground white pepper

Jamon croque monsieur

Guillaume Brahimi created this delicious French sandwich recipe for the #mealforameal campaign being run by Virgin Mobile and OzHarvest. Here, he combines melted oozy cheese, crisp bread and fresh jamon to create a brilliant toasted sandwich.

Serves 1

Prep

15M

Cook

15M

Total

30M

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Ingredients

2 thick slices good-quality white bread

unsalted butter

8 thin slices beaufort or gruyere cheese

4 thin slices jamon iberico

freshly ground white pepper

Method

1.Preheat oven to 200°C (160°C fan-forced).

2.Butter each slice of bread and turn half the slices butter-side down on a tray.

3.Cover these with a layer of cheese and jamón, and then repeat the layers. Season with pepper.

4.Top with the remaining slices of bread (butter-side up).

5.Place the tray in the oven and bake the sandwiches for 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and the bread is golden and crisp.

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