Monte Cristo Benedict

Ingredients

• Egg

  whole

  1 large or 50g

• Heavy whipping cream

  ⅛ cup, fluid or 30g

• Granulated sugar

  white

  ½ tbsp or 6g

• Salt

  table

  ¹⁄₁₆ dash or 0.01g

• Cayenne pepper

  ½ pinch or 0.2g

• Cinnamon

  ground

  ⅛ tsp or 0.3g

• Allspice

  ground

  ⅛ tsp or 0.3g

• Pan dulce

  sweet yeast bread

  1 slice (average weight of 1 slice) or 63g

• Butter

  unsalted

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Ham

  smoked, 96% fat free, Oscar Mayer

  2 ⅔ oz or 76g

• Cheddar cheese

  1 slice (1 oz) or 28g

• Havarti Cheese

  25% Less Fat - President's Choice

  1 slice or 20g

• Egg

  whole

  2 large or 100g

• Chives

  raw

  ½ tsp chopped or 0.5g

• Salt

  table

  ½ dash or 0.2g

• Cayenne pepper

  ½ pinch or 0.2g

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Whisk 2 eggs, cream, white sugar, salt, 1 pinch cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and allspice together in a bowl until batter is thoroughly combined.
3. Lay bread slices into batter, one at a time, and let bread absorb the mixture. Turn bread slices in batter until almost all batter has been absorbed, about 10 minutes.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium heat, and melt butter in the hot skillet. Cook bread slices in the hot butter until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer French toast slices to a baking sheet.
5. Lay ham slices into the hot skillet and cook until meat begins to brown, about 1 minute per side.
6. To assemble, place a Cheddar cheese slice on a slice of French toast, top with 2 slices of ham, and lay a Havarti cheese slice over ham.
7. Bake in the preheated oven until French toast pieces are no longer wet, the batter is set, and cheese has melted and begun to brown, about 20 minutes.
8. Place sandwiches on serving plates and top each with 2 poached eggs. Season with kosher salt and a pinch of cayenne pepper.
9. Recipe by: Chef John (source: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/232792/chef-johns-monte-cristo-benedict/?internalSource=streams&referringId=17199&referringContentType=recipe%20hub&clickId=st_trending_b)