Corduroy Orange

A Ha!  It is I, the Count who loves to count!

Today i am going to count how many ingredients you need to make my hometown sandwich, the Monte Cristo!

1. One loaf of good, hearty bread
2. Tasty mustard
3. one half pound of fine ham, like prosciutto from Parma Sausage
4. One half pound of rosemary pork loin from Parma Sausage
5. Cheese—tasty, tasty cheese
6. Eggs: 1, 2, 3, 4 eggs (ha ha ha!)
7. Milk
8. 1/2 tsp Paprika
9. 1/2 tsp Dried Basil
10. 1/4 tsp Nutmeg
11. Butter

That’s eleven, eleven tasty ingredients to make my sandwich!

Now, let’s count the steps to make it:

1. Spread the mustard on the bread
2. Layer it with cheese, prosciutto, and pork loin
3. Put the second piece of bread on top of the meat.
4. Repeat for the rest of the loaf of bread
5. Pierce the sandwich with two toothpicks to hold it together
6. Repeat for the rest of the bread in the loaf.
7. Heat your griddle and get it hot.  Turn your oven on to 350 F.
8. Mix together the eggs, milk (just enough to give it the color of eggnog), paprika, basil, and nutmeg.
9. Dip the sandwiches in the egg mix, both sides.
10. Melt butter on your hot griddle.  Cook the sandwiches in the butter.
11. Flip when the first side is golden brown.
12. When the second side is golden brown, transfer it to a pan in your oven and let it cook for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Twelve, twelve tasty steps to make my sandwiches (ha, ha, ha, ha).  That remindss me of a song that I know: 1 2 3 4 5, 6 7 8 9 10, 11 12–da dee da da do do….

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