eric ripert, good morning to you. >> good morning.ich is a croque monsieur. >> a classic with a twist. >> it has ham usually. we're doing it with smoked salmon and swiss cheese. i just have to cover it like that. and i paint it with some butter and the butter will give a nice crust to the croque monsieur, and then we're going to put it in the pan like that. i paint again a little bit on top. so when i flip it over, i'll have a nice color. it's very simple. it can be even more sophisticated if you want to do a luxurious dish. you can put caviar. you can do it with smoked salmon. >> is the point that, just because it's an eric ripert recipe doesn't mean you can't do it at home? >> no. as you can see, it's a, b, c. >> very easy. >> see, the bread takes a nice color very quickly. >> look at that. great. >> becoming crunchy. that's where it will be very, very nice. >> that's not on there for long. it's only a minute or so. >> it's only a minute because the fire is very, very high. it's what we want. now i'm doing a salled asalad, call it s