How to Make the Ultimate Pastrami Croque Monsieur - The Secrets of French Cuisine | Fine Dining Love

Ingredients

• Milk: 1 ¼ cup
• Butter: 2 tbsp
• Nutmeg: ¼ tsp
• Onion: 1 pc chopped
• Shallots: 1 pc chopped
• Lemon zest: ¼ pc
• Thyme: 2 sprigs
• Gruyère cheese: to taste
• Salt and pepper: to taste
• Shallots: 1
• Rice vinegar: ½ cup
• Water: ½ cup
• Caster sugar: ½ cup
• Bay leaf: 1
• Coriander seeds: 1 tsp
• Star anise: 1 pc
• Cinnamon: ¼ pc
• Floury potatoes: 4
• Duck fat: 1 lb
• Canola oil: ½ lb
• Bay leaf: 3
• Sourdough: 8 slices sourdough
• Gruyère cheese: 8 slices
• Mornay sauce: 16 tbsp
• Shallots: 4 tbsp pickled shallots
• Pastrami: 16 oz medium pastrami sliced
• Butter: 4 oz (soft)
• Mayonnaise: 4 tbsp