Or better known as "English Rarebit"
This is an old recipe we us a lot at re-enactment events because it's cheap, flexible, easy and very satisfying.
You need a good sized pot, I usually use one of these but it could be done in a large billy.
First empty in a can or bottle of beer.
Then cut a good sized lump of cheese into chunks and drop them into the beer.
Now get a pot of mustard and add to the mix by taste. I usually use half a pot of whole grain mustard which seems to do the trick.
Stir the mixture together until the cheese melts then invite everyone to dip their bread / bannock etc. in the mixture until the pot is empty.
Great stuff.
One of the reasons this is so popular with our lot is that there are so many variations.
As we travel around we try to get a local cheese, a local beer and sometimes even a local mustard.
Quantities are quite "bish bosh that'll do" so anyone can be given the job of preparing it, and if you can get some nice fresh bread to dip in there I guarantee it'll put smiles on a few faces.
Be prepared for rehab afterwards though.....It's quite addictive.
This is an old recipe we us a lot at re-enactment events because it's cheap, flexible, easy and very satisfying.
You need a good sized pot, I usually use one of these but it could be done in a large billy.
First empty in a can or bottle of beer.
Then cut a good sized lump of cheese into chunks and drop them into the beer.
Now get a pot of mustard and add to the mix by taste. I usually use half a pot of whole grain mustard which seems to do the trick.
Stir the mixture together until the cheese melts then invite everyone to dip their bread / bannock etc. in the mixture until the pot is empty.
Great stuff.
One of the reasons this is so popular with our lot is that there are so many variations.
As we travel around we try to get a local cheese, a local beer and sometimes even a local mustard.
Quantities are quite "bish bosh that'll do" so anyone can be given the job of preparing it, and if you can get some nice fresh bread to dip in there I guarantee it'll put smiles on a few faces.
Be prepared for rehab afterwards though.....It's quite addictive.
