Zoe's Easy Croque Monsieur

My lovely friend Zoe took a page from her French upbringing and made me Croque Monsieur. It's so simple and easy to make this way and paired with a salad- it's a perfect meal.

Ingredients
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 cup Gruyere, grated
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
2 slices bread
3 ounces baked Virginia ham, sliced but not paper thin
2 fried eggs

Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Take bread slices and top each one with about half a cup of grated Gruyere cheese, add slices of ham to each, and top with Parmesan cheese. Bake the sandwiches for 5 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the topping is bubbly and lightly browned. Remove and top with a fried egg. Make sure that yolk is runny! Serve hot.

Zoe paired her Croque Monsieur with an arugula and leek salad. Also in the salad: green apple and toasted pine nuts. Dressed with balsamic vinaigrette and EVOO.