🇫🇷 French Vegetarian

Mushrooms Croque-Style

Name: Mushrooms Croque-Style
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 48 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tbsp, for the dish Butter; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; 500 g Mushrooms; 100 g, grated Cheese; 8 slices Bread; 150 g Gruyère Cheese; 300 ml Béchamel Sauce

🇫🇷 French

Sandwiched, sauced and grilled — croque-monsieur spirit with mushrooms. Ready in 48 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Butter1 tbsp, for the dish
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Black Peppercorns1 tsp
Mushrooms500 g
Cheese100 g, grated
Bread8 slices
Gruyère Cheese150 g
Béchamel Sauce300 ml

Optional extras

Tarragonhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the mushrooms.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the black peppercorns.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: French Croque Monsieur: Vegetarian vs. Classic (both with CHEESY Bechamel sauce) | What's for dinner · on YouTube