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Rarebit

Grilled cheese gone posh
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, PubGrub, Sauce, Snack
Cuisine: British, Global
Calories: 823

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Gruyere Cheese Grated
  • 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese Grated
  • 8 slices Bacon Thick cut, sliced to lardons
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 tsp Mustard English (Strong), or dijon
  • 3 tbsp Milk Whole milk or better (one might sub an ale here)
  • 3 tbsp Flour AP
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper Fresh Ground
  • 8 slices Sourdough Bread Thick cut

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 325
  2. Bake or fry bacon until very crisp, reserve the fat, chop the crisped bacon finely and keep warm
  3. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring 3 tbsp of fat to a sizzle
  4. Add flour and cook until it just start to take color, ~1-2 minutes, whilst whisking to coat
  5. Drizzle in the milk 1 tbsp at a time, whilst whisking.
  6. Whisk in the worcestershire and mustard,
  7. Thence working in batches, stir in and melt the cheeses
  8. Stir in the chopped bacon
  9. Taste, balance flavor and adjust texture with additional milk if necessary
  10. Toast the bread until it has decent color.
  11. Spread each slice of toast with a thick coast of the cheese sauce, and re toast until cheese is browned and bubbling.
  12. Garnish with chives, or serve along with cranberry sauce / chutney

Nutrition

Calories: 823kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 36gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 19gCholesterol: 85mgSodium: 1711mgPotassium: 448mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 575IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 460mgIron: 6mg

Notes

As a dear aussie friend would say, "Bleedin, jaffles gone all poof."
This is in fact a rather glorified grilled cheese, but it has so many possibilites, on thick slices of toasted bread, on french bread croutons, etc , etc, etc.
Serve stand alone, or with a fruit chutney, or jam, fresh fruit, or even include several slices of thin cut ham in the final toasting. One can even top with a sunny side up egg and a salad or slaw for a more complete meal
A great breakfast, a wonderful ploughman's lunch in the pub, or a quiet dinner at home.

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