he Kentucky Hot Brown is an open-faced sandwich, made with Texas toast topped with slices of turkey (sometimes ham too) and tomato, then covered in a cheesy mornay sauce. And it's finished with two crispy slices of bacon.
Start with the sauce -
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in the flour and cook until it's just a very light brown.
Gradually stir in the cream and milk and grate in the nutmeg, stirring until the sauce starts to thicken.
Add 3/4 of the cheese and stir it in well. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Cook the bacon into crispy strips.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cut the crusts off of the Texas toast and cut it in half in triangles. Place them in an individual casserole dish.
Top each one with turkey and tomato. Pour the sauce over each sandwich and bake for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly.
Add more cheese, some parsley, paprika and two slices of bacon to the top of each sandwich.
Serve hot!
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