This is our biggest Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras celebration yet! Though in all fairness, the most we did to celebrate in the past was eat on Mardi Gras paper plates!
This year, aside from the decorating, and the King Cake and watching Disney's The Princess and the Frog (set in New Orleans and gorgeous!) we also had a yummy Fat Tuesday dinner!
Peggo made AMAZING Monte Cristo sandwiches, and we all loved them!
She followed the recipe from the Blue Bayou restaurant in New Orleans Square in Disneyland (recipe below) and it was seriously dee-lish!
Though I wasn't able to capture the entire process/recipe in pictures, I did get a few!The Monte Cristo is basically just a turkey, ham, and swiss sandwich dipped in batter and fried. It's served with powdered sugar and some fresh raspberry jam/preserves.
It really doesn't sound like flavors that would go together, but somehow it really does work!
Here is one in all it's deep fried glory, fresh out of the pan...
...before Peggo so artfully cut it on the diagonal, plated it, sprinkled it with powdered sugar and put a little raspberry jam/preserves on the side.
It looked and smelled and tasted divine!
This is all quite a departure from our usually healthy meals -- not a steamed veggie to be found here!
Tomorrow we'll have something extra healthy and nutritious for dinner balance it out...if we can resist that left-over King Cake!
Happy Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras celebration Y'all!!
Disneyland Blue Bayou Monte Cristo Sandwich
Serves 4
Ingredients:
1 egg
1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons water
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
8 slices egg bread (challah works well), sliced 1/2-inch thick
8 thin slices ham
8 thin slices turkey
8 thin slices Swiss cheese
3 cups canola oil
Confectioners sugar
Raspberry preserves
Directions:
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.
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.
Cook one at a time, and allow the oil to reach the desired temperature between each.
Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve with raspberry preserves on the side.
Read more about our Mardi Gras King Cake HERE!
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