{"id":1140,"date":"2026-01-23T22:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2026-01-23T22:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:12:43","slug":"oven-baked-croque-with-bechamel-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/oven-baked-croque-with-bechamel-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Oven-Baked Croque with B\u00e9chamel Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Oven-Baked Croque with B\u00e9chamel Sauce (Gratinated)<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>800 g white sandwich bread<\/li>\n<li>600 g cooked ham (turkey or beef ham)<\/li>\n<li>600 g grated cheese (Emmental or Gruy\u00e8re)<\/li>\n<li>120 g butter<\/li>\n<li>120 g all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 liter warm milk<\/li>\n<li>Salt, to taste<\/li>\n<li>Black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of nutmeg (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<h4>\u00a0Prepare the b\u00e9chamel sauce<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add the flour and whisk for 1\u20132 minutes without browning.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually pour in the warm milk, whisking constantly to avoid lumps.<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt, black pepper, and nutmeg.<\/li>\n<li>Cook until the sauce thickens and becomes smooth. Remove from heat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Assemble the croque<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Grease a baking dish with butter.<\/li>\n<li>Arrange a layer of sandwich bread at the bottom.<\/li>\n<li>Spread a layer of b\u00e9chamel sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Add slices of cooked ham.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle some grated cheese.<\/li>\n<li>Cover with another layer of bread.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Top and gratinate<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Spread the remaining b\u00e9chamel sauce evenly on top.<\/li>\n<li>Generously sprinkle with grated cheese.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0Bake<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat the oven to <strong>180\u00b0C \/ 350\u00b0F<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>30\u201335 minutes<\/strong> until golden and bubbly.<\/li>\n<li>For extra browning, turn on the broiler for the last 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Serving Suggestions<\/h3>\n<p>Serve hot with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A fresh green salad<\/li>\n<li>Or French fries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Oven-Baked Croque with B\u00e9chamel Sauce (Gratinated) \u00a0Ingredients 800 g white sandwich bread 600 g cooked ham (turkey or beef ham)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}