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Monte Cristo sandwich with ham and cheese

Name: Monte Cristo sandwich with ham and cheese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 slices Sandwich bread; 1 tsp Mustard; 2 tsp Mayonnaise; 4 slices Ham; 2 slices Cheese; 1 Egg; 2 tbsp Milk; 1 pinch Salt; 2 tbsp Butter

Ham and cheese Monte Cristo sandwiches with mustard and mayonnaise, dipped in egg and milk and pan-fried in butter. Serves 2.

American cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Servings: 2 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: American

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A Monte Cristo is a ham and cheese sandwich dipped in egg before pan-frying. Spread the bread slices with mustard and mayonnaise, layer with ham and cheese, and press firmly together. Then dip the sandwiches in egg beaten with milk and salt, and fry them in butter in a regular skillet—no sandwich maker or other appliance needed. Breakfast is ready in about 15 minutes using ingredients you may already have at home.

Instructions

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Spread mustard on 2 slices of bread and mayonnaise on the other 2 slices. Layer the ham and cheese on two of the slices, then top with the remaining slices.
Press the sandwiches firmly together so the layers hold together.
In a bowl, beat the egg and milk with a fork and season with salt to taste. Dip both sides of the pressed sandwiches in the mixture.
Melt the butter in a preheated skillet. Add the sandwiches and cook on both sides until golden brown.

Tip: Add the sandwiches to the skillet only once the butter stops foaming—if it is not hot enough, the egg coating will soak up the fat. Hold the sandwiches together from the top with a fork as you flip them to keep the layers from sliding.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 432 kcal
Protein: 19 g
Carbohydrates: 29 g
of which sugars: 4.1 g
Fat: 27 g
of which saturates: 13 g
Fiber: 1.6 g
Salt: 3.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Sendvič Monte Cristo so šunkou a syrom vo vajíčku