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Monte Cristo Pie Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Casseroles   |   Pies and Pastries   |   Chicken Recipes   |   Radio Kitchen   |   Turkey Recipes
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Yield: 6-8 Servings
This recipe, from "Pot Pies: Comfort Foods Undercover" (Doubleday) by Diane Phillips is a feature of:

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Ingredients
  1  pound bread -- * see note  
  3/4  pound black forest ham -- thinly sliced  
  3/4  pound cooked turkey breast -- thnly sliced  
  3/4  pound swiss cheese -- sliced  
  1/2  cup swiss cheese -- grated  
  10   eggs  
  2 1/4  cups milk  
  1  cup heavey cream  
  1  teaspoon salt  
  1/3  teaspoon fresh ground black pepper  
  3  tablespoon butter -- melted  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Grease a 13-by-9 inch ovenproof caserole dish. Place one third of he bread slices in the caserole, to make a single layer. Top the bread with half the ham, turkey and swiss cheese. Repeat with another layer of bread, ham, turkey, and cheese. Use the remaining third of the bread for the top crust.

 
  2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cream, salt and pepper. Pour the mixture over the layers of bread in the casserole, tilting the casserole to make sure the liquid is evenly distributed.

 
  3. Brush the top with melted butter and cover the dish with plastic wrap. Refrigerate the casserole for 12 hours, or up to 24 hours before baking.

 
  4. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Remove the plastic wrap from the casserole. Sprinkle the top with grated Swiss cheese and bake the pie for 45 to 55 minutes, until it's puffed and golden. Remove from the oven, all to stand for 5 minutes, and cut into squares to serve.

 
  NOTE: Use a good 1 pound loaf of sandwich bread, crusts trimmed.

 
 
... an excerpt of:
"Pot Pies: Comfort Food Undercover" from (Doubleday)

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