Super-Stuffed Monte-Cristo Sandwiches
- 8 slices center cut or apple wood smoked bacon
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- Warm 1/4 cup half-and-half
- 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg or ground -- eyeball it
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper -- eyeball it
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 thick cut sliced whole-grain soft bread, white, or challah
- 1/2 cup brown mustard
- 1/2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1/2 pound sliced havarti cheese
- 1 pound sliced ham
- 1 pound sliced turkey breast
- 1 1/2 cups medium to dark amber maple syrup
- Heat a griddle pan or large skillet over medium high heat.
- Cook bacon and remove to paper towels to drain, 5 minutes.
- Drain off fat.
- Reheat griddle over medium heat.
- Make sandwiches in 2 batches.
- Beat eggs with half-and-half, nutmeg and pepper.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter to the griddle or pan and melt.
- Turn 4 slices bread in batter, then add to griddle or pan.
- Turn bread after it browns, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Top 2 bread slices with mustard, the other 2 with cranberry sauce.
- Add 2 slices of cheese and bacon on the cranberry covered bread.
- Add ham, then turkey to the mustard covered bread.
- Use a spatula to assemble 2 sandwiches and turn and press gently to set sandwiches in place.
- Repeat to make 2 more sandwiches.
- Cut sandwiches from corner to corner.
- Heat syrup in microwave safe container for 30 seconds.
- Drizzle syrup over sandwiches at the table.
center, eggs, nutmeg, ground black pepper, butter, bread, brown mustard, whole berry, havarti cheese, ham, turkey breast, maple syrup
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/super-stuffed-monte-cristo-sandwiches-recipe.html (may not work)