My Favorite Sandwich...

When I lived in North Carolina I fell in love with Bennigan's Monte Cristo sandwich. Bennigan's was an Irish restaurant that had the most amazing food. I was longing for one of these bad boys for years. While in Florida with my brother Kurtis and his family, we came across a Bennigan's and they treated me to one of my old favorites. It was heaven. After returning home I found this copy cat recipe and it is EXACTLY like Bennigan's. I know you can get a Monte Cristo at Dee's or Gardner Village, but trust me you haven' t lived until you have tried it the Bennigan way.

Yes Whitney can be manly when it comes to our favorite sandwich

This is only half of the sandwich. Janika said "I can't get my mouth around it".

Morgan was just happy to be eating Cheetos.

This guy wants nothing to do with anything different so he had a grilled cheese. He is not fond of meat.

Something has to be wrong with Ivan because he doesn't like them. He thinks it is strange to deep fry a sandwich. So the short order cook made him a grilled club.

Don't forget about the raspberry jam. You dip these suckers in the jam and my homemade jam is super!

Here is the recipe. Try it, you'll like it! Warning don't try it if your are on a diet!

Bennigan's Monte Cristo

6 slices cooked turkey

6 slices Swiss cheese

6 slices cooked ham

6 slices American cheese

18 slices wheat bread

Batter

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

¼ tsp salt

1 1/3 cups water

1 large egg, beaten

oil, for deep frying

Powdered sugar

Red raspberry jam

Assembly of sandwiches: bread, turkey, Swiss cheese, bread, ham, American cheese, bread; cut in half diagonally. Whisk flour, baking powder and salt together to blend well. Add water to the egg and add to the flour mixture mixing well. Dip each sandwich half into the batter and deep-fry (oil must cover the sandwich) in oil pre-heated to 360° and fry until golden brown. Remove from oil to paper towels. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with jam.