Leicestershire Rarebit

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Farmhouse Kitchen

By Mary Norwak

Published 1991

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Ingredients

  • ½oz butter
  • 4oz Leicestershire cheese
  • 2 tablespoons</

Method

Melt the butter and add the crumbled cheese. Heat gently, stirring until melted, and gradually add the milk. This must be done carefully or the cheese becomes hard and lumpy. Season with salt, pepper and mustard and pour over hot buttered toast. The rabbit, rare-bite or rarebit was first made by soaking a toasted slice of bread in front of the open fire in red wine or beer. The thinly-cut chees