Croque Monsieur Casserole
Croque Monsieur Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 8 large eggs
- 1/2 cup half-and-half
- 1 cup mlik
- ½ cup greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons Dijon Mustard
- 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 pound loaf French bread stale or toasted cut into 1-inch dice
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese
- 1 pound good quality deli ham or Canadian Bacon cut into 1/2-inch slices
Instructions
- Spray a large casserole dish with cooking spray (or 6 mini casserole dishes). Add butter to a pan over medium heat. Add onion, season with salt, stir, and cook until just softened, about 5 minutes Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the thyme and set the onion mixture to the side.
- Whisk eggs, half-and-half, milk, greek yogurt, mustard, hot sauce, and salt in a large bowl until evenly combined. Arrange half of the bread in bottom of prepared dish. Sprinkle with 1 cup of the Gruyere and half each of onion mix and ham. Pour egg mixture over top.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight.
- When ready to bake, heat oven to 350 and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle parmesan on top and bake for another 15 minutes until puffed and beginning to brown.
