Croque Madame Panini with Grand Cru
Recipe courtesy of Chef/Co-owner Jason W. Knutson, 5 O’Clock Club, Pewaukee, WI.
Ingredients
Ingredients
MORNAY SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups hot milk
- Dash ground nutmeg
- Dash ground cloves
- Salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 ounces Grand Cru shredded
PANINI
- 8 thick slices of rustic bread
- 8 ounces baked ham thinly sliced
- 4 ounces Grand Cru thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Mornay sauce warmed
Instructions
Instructions
MORNAY SAUCE
- Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Whisk in flour and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly (do not allow the mixture to brown).
- Remove saucepan from heat, add hot milk, and whisk vigorously until smooth.
- Whisk in nutmeg, cloves, salt, and pepper, add bay leaf, and return saucepan to stove. Simmer sauce for 10 minutes.
- Remove bay leaf, and stir in Grand Cru. Whisk sauce until cheese is fully melted.
PANINI
- Layer ham on four slices of bread; top with Grand Cru and remaining bread slices.
- Spread butter on the outside of each sandwich and grill on a panini press or griddle until bread is lightly browned and cheese is fully melted.
- While the sandwiches are cooking, heat remaining butter in a skillet and fry eggs until “over medium.”
- Top each sandwich with a fried egg and ⅓ cup Mornay sauce.
