MCO - Day 26

12 April 2020     Day 26 of Movement Control Order

        The honorary chef for this post is hubby dearest, assisted by moi! 

        I have to dedicate an entire post to this late lunch / tea as I want to be reminded of how scrumptious this meal was. Hubby came up with the classic French snack served at cafes and restaurants...the croque madame with a Malaysian twist. In France, you can find both the croque monsieur as well as its variation, the croque madame, the latter being served with either a fried or poached egg on top. The British would roll their eyes and retort, “Trust the French to make a ham toastie and then give it a fancy name!” Well, they are only partially right. A croque monsieur or croque madame is essentially a hot sandwich made with ham and cheese, but its preparation and the use of the Bechamel sauce thrust it to a whole new level.

Hubby’s Croque Madame with a Malaysian twist

        Back to hubby’s Tweaked Croque Madame...he made use of what we had in the kitchen and improvised according to what we like. So hubby’s Tweaked Croque Madame had :

Chopped onion, chilli and Laughing Cow cheese cube

        Instead of ham (which we don’t have at the moment), hubby used the good old canned tuna.

Mix all the above with tuna and add a dash of Maggi chilli sauce

        He then spread it all on lightly buttered bread and arranged cut cherry tomatoes on them.

Assembling the sandwich

        Next step featured the all-important beaten egg. The sandwich was dipped into the beaten egg.

Lovingly bathe the sandwich in beaten egg

        And then in it went into the waiting hot oil.

Let the hot oil bind everything together and lend it its crispy texture

        Waste not, want not. As there was leftover beaten egg, hubby churned that into a wee bit of fluffy omelette, which he used to top the toastie, hence it became a madame, rather than a monsieur. Regardless of the toastie gender, it was oh-so-yummy! 

And there you have it ... for the Monsieur and Madame in the house! 😋😋

Now with all these cooking and eating...