Croque-Madame Casserole
Croque-Madame Casserole recipe is simply a baked egg and ham casserole your family will love for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons 1 stick butter, divided
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon teaspoon salt plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper plus more for seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 10 to 12 slices white bread
- 1 pound thinly sliced ham
- 1 1/2 cups 6 ounces grated white cheese like Gruyere, Monterey Jack, Swiss, butterkase, or Munster, reserve some for top of casserole
- 6 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet over low heat until bubbling.
- Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the milk small portion at a time and cook until thick and bubbling for 3 to 5 minutes more.
- Combine the mustard, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- Grease a square 8 inch pyrex pan.
- Pour a thin layer of the sauce into the prepared baking dish and top with 5 or 6 slices of bread, then slices of the ham and an even layer of the cheese.
- Repeat the layers again, ending with a third layer of sauce to cover all.
- Bake the casserole for 30 minutes.
- Remove it from the oven and cut into 6 equal pieces.
- Fry 6 eggs to your family's egg preferences.
- Top each portion of the casserole with a fried egg.
- Top with cheese and it in the oven for a few minutes until cheese melts.
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