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The Fancy Breakfast Bake is a high-class casserole for all you early birds! It transforms one of French cuisine's most elegant sandwiches, the croque monsieur, into a sliceable sunny sensation! Each sandwich is loaded with succulent ham and smoky Gruyère cheese, and then dipped into a savory egg custard to mimic the classic handheld. Then it's all baked until golden, with juicy tomatoes on top for a burst of freshness! Pinkies up for the Fancy Breakfast Bake!
The Fancy Breakfast Bake is a high-class casserole for all you early birds! It transforms one of French cuisine's most elegant sandwiches, the croque monsieur, into a sliceable sunny sensation! Each sandwich is loaded with succulent ham and smoky Gruyère cheese, and then dipped into a savory egg custard to mimic the classic handheld. Then it's all baked until golden, with juicy tomatoes on top for a burst of freshness! Pinkies up for the Fancy Breakfast Bake!
Ingredients
- 8 slices deli ham
- 4 slices Gruyère cheese
- 8 slices white bread
- 6 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 heaping teaspoon Dijon mustard
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 1/2 small onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- mozzarella cheese optional, to taste, shredded
- 5 ounces cherry tomatoes halved, for topping
- fresh parsley leaves optional, to taste, for topping
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Evenly layer the ham slices and the Gruyère slices on 4 slices of the bread. Using the remaining 4 slices of the bread, close the ham sandwiches.
- Cut each of the ham sandwiches in half diagonally.
- In a large bowl, add the eggs, the milk, the Dijon mustard, the salt, and the black pepper and whisk to combine.
- Add the chopped onions and the garlic to the egg mixture and whisk to combine.
- Dip each of the sandwich halves into the egg mixture, ensuring to coat all sides completely.
- In an 8-inch square baking dish, arrange the sandwich halves in two rows, with the flat, cut-side down and the corners facing up. The rows will overlap slightly.
- Pour the remaining egg mixture over the sandwich halves.
- Sprinkle the mozzarella over top of the sandwich halves.
- Let the baking dish stand for 10 minutes.
- Bake until the top is golden and crisp, about 40-50 minutes.
- Sprinkle the bake with the tomato halves and the parsley and serve.
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