You can never go wrong with a ham and cheese sandwich – it’s easy to make, tastes great, and fills you up. But have you ever thought about making a giant toasted version? Yes, it actually can be done! Now you can take your plain sandwich to a whole new level.
Giant Ham And Cheese Toast Swirl
You can never go wrong with a ham and cheese sandwich – it's easy to make, tastes great, and fills you up. But have you ever thought about making a giant toasted version? Yes, it actually can be done! Now you can take your plain sandwich to a whole new level.
Equipment
- 9-inch springform pan
- Saucepan
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 20 slices white bread
- 1 egg white whisked egg white
- 0.5 cup mustard
- 15 slices Swiss cheese
- 10 slices ham
- 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- fresh chopped parsley to garnish
- 1 egg egg
- 1 cup milk
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- 0.25 stick butter
- 0.25 cup flour
- 1.67 cups milk
- 1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- nutmeg to taste
Instructions
- Remove the crusts from the slices of bread. Arrange 4 slices of bread so that they overlap, glue the pieces together with a whisked egg white, and flatten the row of bread with a rolling pin.
- Brush mustard over the row of bread and top with 3 slices of Swiss cheese and 2 slices of ham. Cut the row in half lengthwise so that you have 2 bread strips. Repeat the previous steps with the rest of the ingredients until you have 10 bread strips.
- Roll up the first bread strip. Place the first roll on the second bread strip and roll it up into a bigger roll. Continue rolling in this manner until you have a giant ham & cheese roll with 10 layers and place it in a 9-inch springform pan.
- Whisk together the ingredients for the egg mixture, pour it over the ham & cheese roll in the springform pan, and let the liquid seep into the bread. Transfer the springform pan to a preheated oven and cook at 325°F for 45 minutes.
- For the bechamel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat and whisk in the flour and the milk. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg and let simmer. Add the shredded Swiss cheese and stir until completely melted.
- After 45 minutes in the oven, pour the bechamel sauce over the ham & cheese roll in the springform pan, sprinkle 1 cup of shredded Swiss cheese on top, and broil on high for another 5 minutes. Garnish the dish with fresh chopped parsley before serving.
VIDEO
Get the recipe for the Breakfast Toast Casserole featured in the bonus video.