Monte Cristo Egg Bake Recipes

MONTE CRISTO BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Whisk eggs and milk in large bowl until blended. Add bread; stir to evenly coat with egg mixture. Gently stir in ham and half the cheese.
• Spoon into 9-inch square baking dish sprayed with cooking spray; top with remaining cheese.
• Bake 40 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean and top is golden brown.

MONTE CRISTO EGG BAKE

Steps:

• Spray a 13x9 baking dish with nonstick spray. Arrange a single layer of 8 bread slices in the baking dish. Top each slice with a slice of ham, turkey and cheddar. Cover with remaining 8 bread slices.
• In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, onion salt, and dry mustard; pour over top of sandwiches in dish. Cover and refrigerate overnight or for at least 8 hours.
• The next day, take dish from fridge to warm slightly on counter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine crushed corn flakes and melted butter; mix well. Spread on top of the egg dish. Bake at 350 degrees F. until crisp and golden, about 1 hour.

MONTE CRISTO BAKE

Steps:

• Trim 4 pieces of bread and put in the bottom of a 9 x 9 glass casserole.
• Evenly sprinkle 1 cup of cheese over the bread.
• Layer the turkey and ham evenly over the cheese.
• Evenly sprinkle the remaining cheese over the meat.
• Cover with the remaining pieces of bread.
• Beat together the eggs, milk, mustard, and onion powder, then pour over the bread.
• Press lightly on the bread with a fork, pushing down into the egg mixture.
• Cover and chill for 6 hours or overnight.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 60 minutes or until the top and sides are golden.
• Cool for 10 to 15 minutes before serving, sprinkled with the powdered sugar.
• Serve with raspberry preserves on the side.

THE BIG EGG MONTE CRISTO

Steps:

• For the French toast batter: Whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, cardamom, salt, cream and vanilla in a bowl until blended.
• Dip the bread in the batter and cover all sides. Put the breadcrumbs on a plate and coat the dipped bread in the breadcrumbs.
• Add butter to a pan on medium-high heat to melt and place coated bread in the pan.
• Once it is golden brown, add more butter and flip the bread over. Remove the French toast from the pan once golden brown.
• Pour the maple syrup on each piece of toast. Crumble Gorgonzola cheese on one piece of French toast per sandwich. Grill off the Black Forest ham and place on top of the cheese.
• Cook an egg (any style) and place on top of the ham.
• Put the other piece of French toast on top of the ham and dust with powdered sugar.

BAKED MONTE CRISTO SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Top 4 of the bread slices with cheese, ham, and remaining bread slices.
• Beat egg whites and milk in shallow dish or pie plate.
• Dip each sandwich into egg mixture, turning to coat both sides (let bread soak about 5 seconds on each side(.
• Place sandwiches on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 6 minutes; turn. Bake an additional 5 minutes or until sandwiches are golden brown.

OVERNIGHT MONTE CRISTO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Butter a 9x12 casserole dish and set aside.
• Mix Dijon mustard, softened butter, and grated onion to blend.
• Spread mixture thinly on each slice of bread, and place one slice of ham and one slice of cheese within the crusts of two prepared slices to make a sandwich.
• Cut each sandwich into fourths, and then cut each fourth into triangular halves.
• Place the little triangles marching in rows lengthwise in the prepared casserole, with points up.
• In a separate mixing or batter bowl, beat the eggs just until lemony-looking; add milk and brown sugar, and whisk firmly until no lumps from the brown sugar show.
• Pour egg mix over the prepared sandwiches and cover the casserole with plastic wrap, sealing firmly, and place in refrigerator overnight, or for at least two hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• While oven in preheating, remove casserole from refrigerator, take off plastic wrap and let rest on the counter to lose the "fridge chill".
• You may want to place the casserole on a rimmed cookie sheet to prevent spills during baking.
• Just before placing in oven, sprinkle lightly with paprika, more for effect than taste, really.
• Bake for 60 minutes, or until the center is set and the sandwich points are a nice golden brown.
• Let rest for ten minutes and then cut into individual serving portions.

MONTE CRISTO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375^F.
• Pour milk in a microwaveable container and heat until hot.
• Whisk eggs in small bowl and add hot milk to eggs, blend.
• Cut French toast into 3/4 inch cubes; place in a large bowl.
• Pour egg mixture over bread cubes, toss gently, set aside.
• Combine ham, turkey, cheese and parsley in a bowl.
• Spray a 13x9x2 inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Layer half the french toast cubes with half the meat mixture in bottom of pan.
• Repeat.
• Let stand for at least 10 minutes (It can be held overnight.) Set at room temperature for a few minutes before baking-or bake a little longer if it's cold.
• Bake 30-35 minutes until golden brown and set in center.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Slice strawberries.
• Combine strawberries with strawberry ice cream topping in a small bowl.
• Cut casserole into squares.
• Serve topped with strawberry mixture.