Binging with Babish: Croque Monsieur from Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Captain Holt's signature stone-faced empathy is on display in this heartwarming act of culinary affection, a memory in the form of a sandwich. But not just any sandwich: the cheesy, hammy, gooey French brasserie classic, Croque Monsieur. Let's hear how incorrectly I can pronounce things this week as we recreate this toasty brunchtime delight.

Music: "Juparo" by Broke for Free

My playlist of preferred cooking tunes, Bangers with Babish!

[babishculinaryuniverse]

I had to shoot and edit this episode in its entirety yesterday, so there was no going back to fix mistakes. The cutting angle at 3:33 will haunt me for the rest of my days.

[erotictomato]

*"and it doesn't get much simpler than Croque Monsieur"*

_me nodding as I eat my peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon_

[Narokkurai]

I love how the Croque Monsieur sounds so fancy in English, but its name basically just translates to "Mister Crunchy".

[sapphomg]

Babish: “It doesn’t get any simpler than croque monsieur”
Also Babish: ok so now we’re going to grow the wheat for our bread

[TrooperClerk]

I eat my Croque Monsieur in tears to honor the Captain. RIP Andre Braugher.

[ilikemusicalsp]

I like to imagine him acting like this with everything he makes. Bowls of cereal, sandwiches, canned soup, etc

[geenstagni]

I’m scared to ask for—Basics with Babish: Cereal

[carowells]

When basic groceries started to be hard to find as the pandemic began, I could not find a loaf of bread in the grocery stores, but I found a loaf at the all night gas station in upstate New York. It was Brioche made in a smallish bakery in Paris, and it was the best sandwich bread I’ve ever found.

[frogtownroad]

“Where we Americanized the sandwich by dipping it in batter and frying it”

Because of course we did....

[fabiosantana]

i see, this really is an easier recipe. He didnt even make his own stand-mixer

[Gamerdude]

Funny thing is the first time I ever recalled hearing about a croque monsieur was seeing it featured as a food item in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. Restores a nice amount of HP for just being a broiled ham and cheese sandwich lol.

And for some odd reason the only way to get them is as a drop from a monster called Ladycat.

[betterthanyouateverything]

Babish: It can't be simplier
Also Babish: **Makes his own bread*

[the_starbyte]

Babish: "I want something easier this week"

Also Babish: "Let's make our own bread"

[dragogosi]

Andrew: today we are basically making a sandwich
Me: finally something simple
Andrew: we start by making the bread

[BezoomnyBratchny]

Babish: goes to the trouble of making the bread from scratch.

Also Babish: is happy to make do with microwaved ham.

[sth]

"It doesn't get much simpler than croque monsieur."



"So the first thing we're gonna do is mill our own flour before trekking to Fiji and gathering our own water."

[Fyrebrand]

*Me:* "I sure could go for a sandwich right about now."
*Babish:* "How about in six hours?"

[elJimjim]

Fun fact; Babish actually is from a long-line of headless ancient men.

[lechunk]

“Alright guys I’ll be raising a baby pig from birth in order to insure the quality of my ham.”

[daltonreddell]

In winter 2023 may captain holt rest in peace