Nathan Outlaw's rarebit recipe is an wonderful take on traditional cheese on toast. He uses Davidstow cheddar to make it "Cornish". Use your favourite cheese to create a tangy mixture with beer and mustard. Spread it on toast and grill, then serve with, say, a tomato chutney. You could also use this rarebit to top fillets of meaty white fish such as pollock or cod before baking in a hot oven, in which case it becomes a dish as well-suited to after-work cooking as well as dinner parties
Method
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Grate the cheddar and place in a saucepan with the beer over a medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the cheese melts and the mixture starts to bubble
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Stir in the flour, breadcrumbs, and mustard and continue cooking until the mixture comes cleanly away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball. Remove from the heat and leave to cool
3.
Once cool, beat in the egg yolks until you have a smooth mixture, then the rarebit is ready to use. Spread across some slices of bread and pop under the grill until bubbling. Cut into soldiers and serve immediately
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