Donut Monte Cristo Sandwich Recipe - fresh from the bakery glazed donut with honey smoked ham, mayo, Swiss cheese and red currant jelly make for a strange but delicious combination!
Today, we are partnering with Hellmann's Mayo that challenged us to create a fun and "strange" sandwich. We present you our take on the classic Monte Cristo sandwich but with a DONUT in place of bread! I know, I know but you will have to trust us and just try it. It really is delicious!
Monte Cristo is a sandwich with ham, cheese, sweet jam, toasted up and dusted with powdered sugar. We eliminated the last few steps by getting fresh glazed donuts from the bakery section of our grocery store. This "strangewich" is sweet and savory in the same time and we love it!
Our whole family had a TON of fun participating in this challenge. We all brainstormed and had a list of "strangewiches", each one more weird than the other. It was so funny to see the kids come up with ideas of unexpected toppings or fillings for something simple like a sandwich. Kids have a wild imagination and it really did show! Gummy bears and nacho chips, anyone? ?
My Hubby's idea of using a donut in place of a bread was quite genius, if I may say so myself. I love it! But we didn't stop the weirdness there. I used a red currant jam and he used a jalapeno pepper jelly. The addition of spice took it to a whole new level! But wait! It's not over yet! We decided to make this sandwich two ways: cold and hot. Few minutes on the skillet and the ham and cheese were morphed into one hot gooey goodness.
However you make it, we hope you love this "strangewich" of ours! It's unusual for sure but the flavors are wonderful together. Enjoy!
Donut Monte Cristo Sandwich
Ingredients
- 2 fresh baked glazed donuts
- 6 slices deli ham we used honey baked
- 4 slices Swiss cheese
- 2 tbsp Hellmann's Mayo
- 3 tbsp your favorite jam or jelly
Instructions
- Slice donuts horizontally, as for a sandwich.
- Spread mayo on the bottom pieces of donuts. Place 3 slices, rolled up, of ham per sandwich. Top with 2 folded cheese slices per sandwich. Top with jam and the top piece of donut.
heather says
this sounds delicious!! and if you think about it, it definitely makes sense. the doughnut is bready and fried, so you don't have to fry the sandwich after assembly, and it's glazed so you don't need to dust it with powered sugar!
Jessica says
OMG - my husband would lose his everliving mind over this... Two of his favorite things! Genius!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Awesome! 😀 Thanks so much, Jessica!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
I LOVE the sandwich you created! Perfect for the challenge....but it also totally makes sense!
Catalina says
Wow! Donut and sandwich at the same time! Is perfect for me!
Melanie says
Love this twist on a classic that actually makes it easier!
Jen says
I had my first Monte Cristo at Disneyland and have been looking for an easy at home recreation. This is perfect and will get me through the cravings until we go back for another visit! Thank!!
Erren says
This definitely is a strange combination but I'm intrigued! I so need to try one of these just to find out!