Les d icieux croques jeune homme by Romain Thibault

The recipe of the chef of the restaurant Le Jouvence (in the 12th district)

Thanks to Celine for sending us this recipe from the magazine "Crazy about cooking". This is the recipe of Romain Thibault, chef of the restaurant le Jouvence (in the 12th district of Paris).

INGREDIENTS (for 8 croques):

200 g emmental cheese
1 egg
100 g of liquid cream
16 slices of good bread
100 g ham, thinly sliced
100 g butter
sweet herbs
olive oil
a little nutmeg
salt, pepper

RECIPE:

In a robotPut the grated cheese, the cream, an egg and a little nutmeg powder. Blend until you get a smooth paste. Salt and pepper.
Spread the slices of bread with breadcrumbs. with this preparation
Add to thin slices of ham
Close the crunches and fry them in a pan in a little salted butter
Sprinkle withfresh herbs chopped (parsley, chives..)
Serve an arugula salad (or mixed green salad) with toasted pine nuts, hazelnuts or small pieces of sun-dried tomatoes

TIPS:

1 - Preferably take sandwich bread bought in a bakery
2 - You can replace the Emmental cheese with the cheese of your choice (Comté, Gruyère, Beaufort?)
2 - You can replace the liquid cream with fresh cream