Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a skillet over medium. Add 1 sandwich, cook until golden brown on each side, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer cooked sandwich to a cutting board.

Monte Cristo sandwiches began popping up on cafe menus across California as early as the 1950s. Disneyland has been serving Monte Cristos at its Café Orleans since the 1960s, which could suggest ...

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First, Monte Cristos often include turkey and/or raspberry jam and are not made with Mornay sauce. Second, the bread for a Monte Cristo is dipped in an egg batter and fried, essentially creating a ...

It wasn't the recipes that got me excited when I turned the pages of "Minnesota Lunch: From Pasties to Banh Mi," a new book edited by James Norton and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press.

(Swap in tongue as the meat – we assume beef tongue, but it’s not specified – and you’ve got a Monte Carlo, writes Helen Brown in her 1991 “West Coast Cook Book.”) 5.

8 slices of crusty sourdough bread; Ham or honey cured turkey sliced, 3 - 4 oz. per sandwich; Swiss or Gruyere cheese sliced, 2 oz. per sandwich; 3 eggs ...

A Monte Cristo sandwich of ham or turkey, cheese, mustard, and jam is dipped in egg wash and pan-fried before being lightly dusted with confectioners’ sugar.

In its purest form, a Monte Cristo sandwich is tasty, but Tacoma-area chefs add tweaks and spins that turn the sandwich into a breakfast masterpiece. Here are five sandwiches to try.

A turkey Monte Cristo. Switch out the usual ham for leftover turkey in this French toast-grilled cheese hybrid. We added cranberry sauce for just the right amount of sweetness.