Ham and cheese croissants are what I made for lunch yesterday. I'm still eating a croissant for breakfast every day and sharing it with Tasha the Sheltie. In the past I've made croissants aux amandes (almond croissants). Ham and cheese croissants are a way to enjoy croissants as a light main course or as an appetizer.
The secret ingredient in the recipe for these croissants is cheese sauce, which is a sauce béchamel with grated cheese melted in it. Split the croissants in half and spread some cheese sauce (or crème fraîche) on the botton half. Cut a slice of ham in half and put each half on a croissant you've spread cheese on. Spread a little more cheese sauce on the ham slices and then put some grated cheese on top. Then put the top half of the croissant back on.
Bake the croissants, ham, and cheese in the oven on medium heat to melt the grated (or sliced) cheese inside and heat up the croissant and ham.
Voilà! We ate croissants with a some asparagus spears served warm with some more of the cheese sauce.
Yummy!
ReplyDeleteI still make the almond croissants from time to time. I definitely will make these ham ones soon. I never would have guessed using bechamel- thanks for sharing the secret sauce.
ReplyDeleteWow, that looks sooo good!
ReplyDeleteBettyAnn
Ohhhhhh my! So, it's a Croque croissant ! --Ha!
ReplyDeleteYep
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