Jane Austen's Regency Toasted Cheese - Welsh Or Scotch Rarebit

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs grated mature cheddar cheese
• 6 fluid ounces cream or 6 fluid ounces milk or 6 fluid ounces ale
• 3/4 teaspoon dry english-style mustard
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 6 slices thick bread
• butter
• chutney, to serve

Recipe

• 1 melt the cheese over hot, but not boiling, water and then gradually stir in the rest of the ingredients. mix well and set to one side. taste and adjust seasonings.
• 2 toast the bread on one side only and then butter the untoasted side.
• 3 spread the melted rarebit mixture over the top of the bread - on the untoasted side - make sure the mixture is spread upto the edges.
• 4 place under a hot grill and cook until the rarebit mixture is bubbling hot and brown in patches, about 3 to 5 minutes depending on the heat of your grill.
• 5 serve immediately with a selection of chutneys, relishes and pickles.