Focaccia Croque Monsieur Bread. Croque Monsieur On The Grill is ideal for those nights when you don't want something huge and heavy but still want to eat a little gourmet-like. The herby Focaccia that I received from COBS Bread adds a whole new dimension to the whole experience. I mean, this thing is like a gourmet grilled.

Croque Monsieur is a French recipe that is essentially a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. It's easy and delicious because, like many things, the French do it better! A true Croque-Monsieur isn't battered.it's a grilled ham & cheese sandwich covered in a cheese sauce & broiled for a few minutes. You can have Focaccia Croque Monsieur Bread using 15 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Focaccia Croque Monsieur Bread

It's 200 grams of or French bread flour or all-purpose bread flour (Lys d'Or brand recommended), or substitute with bread and cake flour.
You need 5 grams of Sugar.
Prepare 4 grams of Salt.
You need 1 tbsp of Skim milk powder.
It's 20 grams of Virgin olive oil.
You need 120 ml of Water.
It's 3 grams of Instant Dry Yeast.
Prepare of For the filling:.
Prepare 1 of Bechamel sauce.
It's 4 of to 8 slices Easy melt sliced cheese (see Hints).
Prepare 4 slice of Ham.
You need of To finish.
Prepare 1 of Extra virgin olive oil.
Prepare 1 of Krazy Salt.
It's 1 of Dried parsley.

While not typical this version is tasty. I used honey wheat bread & because of reviews syaing the batter was heavy I copied M. H. & used a liberal amount of. Ham and cheese are layered with a decadent bechamel sauce between slices of French bread.

Focaccia Croque Monsieur Bread step by step

Make the bechamel sauce, and let it cool..
Put all the bread dough ingredients into a bread machine and start the "dough" program. Put the yeast in the specified location. Leave the bread machine do all the work until the first rising is complete..
When the dough is done, take it out, deflate and divide into 4 pieces. Round off each piece, and cover with a tightly wrung moistened kitchen towel. Leave to rest for 15 minutes..
Roll the dough out into a square, spread the middle with bechame sauce, and top with a slice each of ham and cheese folded in half. Bring the opposing corners of the dough together as shown..
Bring all 4 corners of the dough together, and pinch to seal the seams..
Place the 4 pieces of dough on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Setting your oven to the bread-rising setting, leave the dough to rise at 35 °C for 35-40 minutes (2nd rising)..
When the dough has risen, start preheating the oven to 210 °C. While waiting, brush the tops of the bread with olive oil and make several indentations in them using your fingers or the thick end of a chopstick..
Brush a little more olive oil on the dough so that some of it pools in the indentations. Sprinkle with Krazy Salt and parsley to finish..
Lower the oven temperature to 200°C and bake for 15 minutes. Adjust the temperature and baking time depending on your oven. If it looks like the bread is browning too fast, cover with a sheet of foil..
I recommend eating these piping hot fresh out of the oven. I added skim milk powder to the dough to make it more tender, but they're also good cold..
You can warm these up in a toaster oven after they've turned cold to revive the soft, fluffy texture..
I used this instant bechamel sauce mix that you can make by just adding milk..
The dough gets flattened when you make the indentations, so I give this a shorter 2nd rising than for usual bread..

The sandwich is cooked under a broiler until the cheese is browned and bubbly. The title Croque Monsieur comes from "croquer", to bite and "monsieur" meaning mister. It is made of simple ingredients found in any French home; bread, cheese and ham. The bread is usually a more sweet version of normal bread, a bit like brioche ("pain de mie"). This Classic Croque Monsieur Recipe is easy to prepare and is a taste emersion right to the middle of Paris.