Prawn Rarebits

Name: Prawn Rarebits
Yield: Serves Four as Bites or Two as a Starter
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 150 ml (5 fl oz) double or whipping cream; a dash of Worcester sauce; melted butter, for brushing; 75 g (3 oz) grated Gruyère cheese; 175 g (6 oz) cooked and peeled prawns; 75 g (3 oz) grated Cheddar cheese; 1 teaspoon English mustard; 4-6 thick slices of French bread

Preparation info

Serves
Four
as Bites

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Keeping it Simple

By Gary Rhodes

Published 2005

About

This cheese sauce is instantly created with cream and can also be used to top chicken breasts, baked potatoes or even to make a quick lobster thermidor. Just replace the Worcester sauce with lemon juice, spoon over the cooked lobster and brown under the grill.

Ingredients

4-6 thick slices of French bread
melted butter, for brushing
1 teaspoon English mustard

Europe
United Kingdom
Dinner
Pescatarian
England

Method

Preheat the grill. Brush both sides of each bread slice with butter and toast the top and bottom to a golden brown under the grill.
In a large bowl, stir the mustard and Worcester sauce into the cream. Extra mustard can be added for a stronger taste. Loosely fold in the cheese and prawns, then spoon the mixture on to the toasts.
Place under the grill, n