Blue Bayou's Monte Cristo Sandwich

Ingredients

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  1 large or 50g

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  1 ⅞ cup or 438g

• Wheat flour

  White, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached

  1 ¾ cup or 219g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  1 tsp or 5g

• Egg bread

  8 slice or 320g

• Honey Sliced Deli Ham

  Hormel Natural Choice - Walmart

  112g

• Oven Roasted Turkey Breast

  Deli Style Lunch Meat - Aldi

  112g

• Swiss Cheese

  Thin Cut Natural Swiss Cheese - Kroger

  8 slices or 85g

• Canola oil

  4 tbsp or 56g

• Powdered sugars

  4 tsp or 10g

• Blackberry Preserves

  Blackberry Patch

  4 tbsp or 80g

Directions

1. Line a cookie sheet with paper towels; set aside. Whisk the egg and water together in a mixing bowl. Add flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk thoroughly for 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth, scraping sides of bowl. On one slice of bread, arrange 2 slices of ham, turkey, and cheese, covering the bread evenly. Place another slice of bread on top and slice each sandwich in half diagonally.
2. Heat oil to between 365 degrees F and 375 degrees F in a 10-inch pan. Do not let the oil reach a higher temperature than this; if the oil starts to smoke, turn the heat down. Dip half of the sandwich into the batter, allowing excess to drain, and very carefully place into the oil. Repeat with the other sandwich half. Cook 3 minutes on each side, or until golden brown. Place the cooked sandwich on the prepared cookie sheet in a warm oven until ready to serve. Repeat with the other three sandwiches.
3. Cook one at a time, and allow the oil to reach the desired temperature between each. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve with blackberry preserves on the side.
4. (source: https://d23.com/blue-bayou-monte-cristo-sandwich/)

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