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Active Time
15 minutes
The egg-dipped ham sandwiches are even better with Spanish ingredients: salty Serrano ham, Manchego cheese, and sweetmembrillo(quince paste), which is available at some supermarkets, at specialty foods stores, and from igourmet.com.
Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Step 1
Arrange 4 bread slices on work surface. Spread each with 1/2 tablespoon mustard. Top each with 1/4 of cheese, then 1/4 of ham, folding to fit. Spread 1 tablespoon quince paste on each of remaining 4 bread slices; place bread, paste side down, atop ham.
Step 2
Beat eggs in pie dish until well blended. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in each of 2 large skillets over medium-low heat. Working with 1 sandwich at a time, hold sandwiches tightly closed and dip into beaten eggs to coat on all sides. Place 2 sandwiches in each skillet. Cover and cook until bottoms are golden, about 4 minutes. Turn sandwiches over. Cover and cook until bottoms are golden, cheese is melted, and egg coating is cooked through, about 4 minutes longer.
Step 3
- A Spanish cheese made from sheep's milk; sold at some supermarkets and at specialtyfoods stores.
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Reviews (5)
Back to TopWe use fig paste and mozzarella cheese and one less egg than recommended. Good, salty taste - great for fall and winter comfort food.
tasscraig
Toronto, Canada
8/19/2010
Used fig jam instead of the quince jam & had to usee prosciutto. I think it's very important to only use a very very thin layer of both the jam & the dijon. Either could overpower the flavors. I liked the flavors, but this isn't something I'll make again.
dulcinea14
8/31/2009
This may be the worst lunch I ever made! I wish I had read the reviews! There was no serrano ham, I had to go with the prociutto, and I did use the manchego cheese, which cost the moon, plus the quince jam, which has very little taste where much was required--and it was horrible! Bad salty and nasty sweet. However, if one made changes such as those suggested by the other reviews, making it quite a different recipe, of course, the technique of dipping it in egg and frying it up in butter is catchy.
JanetBaker
Chicago
7/21/2009
This was a decent sandwich. We made it with sourdough bread - but skipped on the Manchego cheese and used swiss instead. The sweet and salty taste is its strong point. I've made it three times and would make it again!
tasscraig
Toronto, ON.
7/14/2009
I had high hopes for this sandwich... it's a fancy grilled cheese and ham sandwich. The only good thing about it is that it's easy to make. However, I did not like the way it tasted... Sweet and salty, yuck. Plus, it was quite expensive... the manchego cheese cost me $10!
Anonymous
Edinburgh
7/3/2009
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