Former Bennigan's Employees: How did you make the Monte Cristo sandwich?

Question

If you have ever worked at a Bennigan's restaurant, how did you make the Monte Cristo sandwich? Did it come pre-made, or did you have to make it yourselves?

Answer 1

Better take the recipe searcher's advice. The whole time I worked there, Monty Cristo's came prepackaged. ALll we did was deep fry the premade sandwich and then serve it.

Answer 2

made everything there.  i looked up the recipe online, and this is pretty much exactly how we did it.

Ingredients

6 slices Cooked turkey

6 slices Swiss cheese

6 slices Cooked ham

6 slices American cheese

18 slices Wheat bread

***Batter***

1 1/2 cup All-purpose flour

1 tablespoon Baking powder

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 1/3 cup Water

1 Large egg --beaten

Oil --for deep frying

Powdered sugar

Red raspberry jelly

Preparation

Assemble 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 degrees until golden brown.

Remove from oil to paper towels. Sprinkle with the powdered sugar. Serve with warm or room temperature jelly, if desired.

Answer 3

They were pre-made sandwiches. That is why they couldn't be modified. They came to the store that way and all the cooks did was place them in the deep fryer.  

Answer 4

I worked at Bennigan's for about 10 years.  That recipe looks pretty close.  They did not come prepackaged.  The prep cook makes them up a day or so ahead of time and wraps them tightly in plastic wrap.  By doing so it help them stay together when frying.  The reason you couldn't special order them, is if they made them on the spot they would have problems with them falling apart.