{"id":15060,"date":"2015-05-03T19:49:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T02:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15060"},"modified":"2015-04-25T19:50:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T02:50:47","slug":"croque-monsieur-with-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15060","title":{"rendered":"Croque Monsieur with Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/meals-2501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-15061\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/meals-2501.jpg\" alt=\"meals 2501\" width=\"407\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/meals-2501.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/meals-2501-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/meals-2501-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a>4 T. softened unsalted butter<br \/>\n2 T. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n1 C half-and-half or whole milk<br \/>\n2 tsp Dijon mustard<br \/>\n1\/8 tsp freshly grated or ground nutmeg<br \/>\nSalt and fresh ground black pepper<br \/>\n8 slices sandwich bread<br \/>\n3\/4 pound baked ham, thinly sliced<br \/>\n2 C shredded Gruyere cheese<br \/>\n2 T. white wine vinegar<br \/>\n1 tsp apricot jam or orange marmalade<br \/>\n2 T. fresh tarragon leaves, chopped<br \/>\n3 T. extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)<br \/>\n6 C mixed baby greens, any variety<\/p>\n<p>Heat a heavy nonstick pan or a griddle over medium-low to medium heat. Heat a small sauce pot over medium heat. Add 2 T. of the butter and melt. Whisk the flour into the butter and cook 1 minute, then whisk in the half-and-half. Season with 1 tsp. Dijon mustard, the nutmeg, salt, and pepper and cook 2 minutes to thicken. Remove from the heat. Spread the bread slices with the sauce and make sandwiches, using a couple of folded slices of ham per sandwich. Spread the remaining 2 T. of softened butter lightly across the outside faces of each sandwich. Spread the shredded cheese across a plate and gently press each side of the sandwiches into the cheese, then place on the hot pan or griddle. The cheese will brown and form a crisp coating as the sandwich cooks and heats through. Cook 3 minutes on each side, or until evenly golden. In a salad bowl, whisk together the remaining tsp. of mustard, the vinegar, apricot jam, and tarragon. Whisk in the EVOO in a slow stream. Add the greens to the bowl and toss to dress. Season the salad with salt and pepper and serve on large plates with the hot sandwiches alongside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 T. softened unsalted butter 2 T. all-purpose flour 1 C half-and-half or whole milk 2 tsp Dijon mustard 1\/8 tsp freshly grated or ground nutmeg Salt and fresh ground black pepper 8 slices sandwich bread 3\/4 pound baked ham, thinly sliced 2 C shredded Gruyere cheese 2 T. white wine vinegar 1 tsp apricot jam or orange marmalade 2 T. fresh tarragon leaves, chopped 3 T. extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) 6 C mixed baby greens, any variety Heat a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=15060\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sandwiches-lunch-dishes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15062,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions\/15062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}