Traditional Monte Cristo Sandwiches

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Ingredients

  • 8 slices hearty bread
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
  • 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 8 slices of provolone or Swiss cheese
  • 1/3 cup seedless raspberry jam
  • 1/2 pound thinly sliced deli ham

Preparation

Step 1

Set aside eight slices of hearty bread. If all you have is very light bread that may come apart when dipped in the egg mixture, toast the bread.

Mix the eggs, milk, salt, dry mustard, and white pepper together in a shallow bowl.

Spread a thin layer of Dijon mustard on the bread slices. Place a slice of cheese on four of the slices. Spread jam on the four cheese slices. Cover the jam with the deli ham. Add another thin layer of jam, then cheese, and then top with the remaining bread slices to make a sandwich.

Heat a griddle or large frying pan. Melt a little butter just before frying the sandwiches.

Dip the sandwiches in the egg mixture, turn the sandwich in the egg mixture, and place the sandwiches on the hot griddle. Fry as you would a grilled cheese sandwich, turning the sandwich when one side is golden brown. Serve hot.