Saturday, April 10, 2010

Heavenly Monte Cristo

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This sandwich, created by my hubby, is his version of the original Monte Cristo.
I really thought he had lost his mind!
I mean who makes a sandwich out of Angel Food cake!?!?
But after thinking about it I thought the idea had some interesting qualities
so we went for it and decided to give it a try.

Heavenly Monte Cristo

First off you need an Angel Food cake {store bought or homemade works}
Cut into extra thick slices-3 slices per sandwich
We made our Angel Food Cake in loaf pans to make it easier.
The picture above is from a different time we made it but we forgot to take the picture
this time we made it- Sorry;)
Preheat the griddle to 350 degrees.

Now this next part might sound kinda gross but I promise it wasn't!
Take the bottom piece of cake/bread and spread it with a little mayo and mustard-teehee

Layer on your turkey, ham and swiss cheese then another slice of cake/bread and
spread with only mayo. Do another layer same as above and top with final piece
cake/bread.
Place 4 toothpicks in a diamond shape to hold the sandwich together.
Then slice diagonally across.
You'll have 4 sandwiches.

Now make an egg batter using 2 eggs and 1 c. milk.
Dip the sections of sandwich 1 at a time.

Immediately place on hot griddle.

Make sure you fry all 5 sides.
Slide the toothpick to get the top and bottom grilled.

No need to sprinkle with powdered sugar cuz it's plenty sweet:)
Verdict: Delish, unique, ya gotta try it!!



10 comments:

  1. Hey that is one of my favorite sandwiches of all time the Monte Cristo. Good job!

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  2. Yum! I know what I want for lunch today ;)

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  3. This looks like a great combination of sweet and savory!

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  4. When I was a little girl my mom made us this sandwiches as a special treat, I remember the taste,uhmmm they are my favorite

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  5. Talk about an original unique way of doing the sandwich! It looks great and I bet it's yummy!!

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  6. This is the second post I've seen using a sweet bread/cake for a grilled sandwich. I guess I'd better give it a try.

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  7. Now this is interesting... I have NEVER thought of trying to combine anything like it before. You know I am going to have to try it!

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  8. This unique version of the Monte Cristo is the very definition of orginal! I would never have thought to use angel food cake. Wow, I'll bet it was amazing!

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  9. Now that's what I'd call an innovative use for an angel food cake! Very interesting flavor combos you've got going on there. It certainly looks completely delicious, in any case. I trust your word that it actually was pretty tasty! ;)

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  10. These DO look HEAVENLY (and I said this b4 I realized you had heavenly in the post name-haha)
    I love the idea of the Monte Cristo because I love the movie. :)
    I have always wanted to make them but, I am not crazy about ham.

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