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Super-Stuffed Monte-Cristo Sandwiches

One night Steve and I were watching Rachel Ray’s show 30-minute meals and she made these sandwiches. Steve thought they looked like heaven on bread. We haven’t made them before but I thought they’d be great for using up some of the leftover ham from Sunday dinner. Also, they seem pretty easy to make and don’t take long to cook. I have some leftover deli turkey from the weekend also so I’ll be able to use that up as well.

Super-Stuffed Monte-Cristo Sandwiches
Recipe coutesy Rachel Ray

8 slices center cut or apple wood smoked bacon
4 large eggs, beaten
1/4 cup half-and-half, warm
1/4 tsp ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp coarse ground Black Pepper
2 T Butter
8 thick cut slices of Whole-grain Soft Bread, white or challah
1/2 cup Brown Mustard
1/2 cup whole berry Cranberry Sauce
1/2 lb sliced Havarti Cheese
1 lb sliced Ham
1 lb sliced Turkey breast
1 1/2 cups medium to dark amber Maple Syrup

Heat a griddle pan or large skillet over medium high heat. Cook bacon and remove to paper towels to drain. Drain off fat and reheat griddle over medium heat. Make sandwiches in 2 batches.

Beat eggs with half-and-half, nutmeg and pepper. Add 1 tablespoon of butter to griddle and melt. Turn 4 slices of bread in batter, then add to griddle.

Turn bread after it browns (2-3 minutes). Top 2 bread slices with mustard, the other 2 with cranberry sauce. Add 2 slices of cheese and bacon on the cranberry covered bread. Add ham, then turkey to the mustard covered bread.

Use a spatula to assemble 2 sandwiches and turn and press gently to set sandwiches in place. Repeat to make 2 more sandwiches. Cut sandwiches from corner to corner.

Heat syrup in microwave safe container for 30 seconds. Drizzle syrup over sandwiches at the table.

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