Sandwich of the Day ~ Ham and Cheese on Rye Bread French Toast

Sandwich of the Day ~ Ham and Cheese on Rye Bread French Toast

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"Call me All-American, but I just love ham and cheese sandwiches."

Andy Roddick

National Sandwich Month 2008 ~ Day Four!

We here at Because of all the Sandwiches There strive to bring you all the most relevant and up to date sandwich news so I plan to tell you about at least one of my favorite sandwiches every day in August. I know, I know. It's a lot, but variety is the spice of life!

Today I share one of my favorites for breakfast:




Ham and Cheese on Rye Bread French Toast

I'm always thinking about sandwiches (I usually eat at least one per day) and as I thought about the classic Monte Cristo, a new bolder sandwich for breaky emerged.

We had some beautiful caraway seeded rye bread and I'm always game for a combination of ham and cheese. We mixed up an egg batter for the French toast leaving out the sugar, cinnamon and vanilla (so it was a savory combo of egg, milk and nutmeg). While the French toast was grilling, we melted Tillamook cheddar cheese slices on a slice of Bavarian ham on a plate in the microwave. When these were all cooked, we carefully slid the ham and cheese onto one slice of French toast, added a smear of Dijon mustard and a grind of pepper, topped it with another slice of the French toast and then waited until it was cool enough to cut in half.

I wanted to see if this could be reasonably eaten by hand, so gave it a little more cooling time, which allowed the cheese to stick it all together and then dove in! The nutmeg in the French toast really added to the flavor and I pronounced it my new favorite for breakfast.


By the way ~~ Make sure to check out Shannon W's article:

What's for Breakfast? The McShannon

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