Turkey Cranberry Monte Crisco

I was bumming around on Miss Paula Deen's website looking for some dinner ideas, when I came across this. I love turkey and cranberry together, so this looked right up my alley. I've never made a Monte Crisco before, but they sure are tasty.

Let me just say though, if you can get the Fontina cheese already grated, or you can get the deli in your grocery store to do it or you, DO IT! Grating the cheese for this was the biggest pain in the butt. I don't have a fancy cheese grater since I rarely grate my own, so it was a lot of work.

Also, I think this recipe is geared more as a leftover idea, so it calls for thicker slices of turkey breast...I didn't have that, so I used thin sliced deli lunch meat. Worked just fine. I used the Challah bread that I had leftover from the Egg Nog French Toast that I made yesterday (I'll be posting that at a later date), and it was really good, though I'm sure a thick-cut french bread would also be just as good. Enjoy!

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'Turkey Cranberry Monte Crisco'

Source: Paula Deen

Ingredients

8 slices bread (potato bread, challah, or any other soft bread)
1 cup fontina cheese, grated
8 slices cooked turkey breast
1/2 cup whole cranberry sauce
1 cup baby arugula leaves
3 eggs
1/3 cup milk
pinch nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Lay the 4 slices of the bread out on a cutting board. On each slice, place 2 tablespoons of the fontina, followed by 2 slices of the turkey, and 2 tablespoons of the cranberry sauce.

2. Equally divide the arugula leaves and place on next layer. Top with the remaining fontina and remaining bread slices. Press down firmly on sandwiches to seal in the filling.

3. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, milk, and nutmeg. In a large skillet over medium heat, add the butter.

4. Dip each sandwich into the egg mixture coating both sides. When butter is melted in skillet, add the sandwiches and cook until golden brown. Flip sandwich and repeat with other side, adding more butter if necessary.

5. Remove from pan, drain on paper towels, and let sit for a few minutes. Cut in halves and serve.

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