Croque monsieur is a classic French sandwich filled with ham and bathed in a warm, cheesy béchamel sauce. Add a fried egg and you’ve got croque madame. I’ve made this sandwich endlessly, but never for a group because you can only prepare them one at a time. Then I created this casserole—aka “hot dish,” the Midwestern term—of white toast layered with béchamel, ham, and shredded Gruyère and topped with a few runny eggs. <br /> <br />CROQUE MADAME HOT DISH is excerpted from JUST COOK IT! © 2018 by Justin Chapple. Photography © 2018 by David Malosh. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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