FRIJE

Instructions

• 1.   Wash the vegetables. Slice the tomatoes and mushrooms.
• 2.   Slice the mozzarella cheese thinly.
• 3.   Heat a little olive oil in a pan. Over high heat, add the tomatoes and cook them lightly (about a minute, stirring), with a little garlic powder and Provence herbs.
• 4.   Set aside the tomatoes.
• 5.   In the same pan, sauté the mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper, then set them aside.
• 6.   Lightly spread one side of a slice of bread with sour cream (don't use too much! It's just to prevent the bread from drying out during cooking). On top, stack in the following order:
• 7.   A small layer of grated gruyère cheese.
• 8.   Half a slice of ham.
• 9.   A layer of mushrooms.
• 10.   A layer of garlic tomatoes.
• 11.   Mozzarella cheese (one or more slices, depending on your taste).
• 12.   Then, spread sour cream on both sides of another slice of bread and place it on top; finally, sprinkle a little gruyère cheese on top of the croque-monsieur.
• 13.   Repeat the process to make 8 croque-monsieurs, then bake in a hot oven (350°F) for 10 minutes.
• 14.   Broil, keeping an eye on them, until your croque-monsieurs are nicely golden.
• 15.   When they come out of the oven, cut them in half diagonally; serve them half by half, leaving the rest in the oven while you eat (300°F) because the mozzarella cools quickly and it's less tasty that way.
• 16.   I serve them with a green salad with bacon.

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