RAREBIT UPGRADE

                                                                    Autumn Geese




This makes a great lunch or supper dish served with a salad or perhaps baked beans

6 oz thinly sliced streaky bacon

1 teaspoon of salt

1 medium onion finely chopped

softened butter

5 slices of day old bread,white is best for this dish cut in to cubes.

6 oz grated cheddar cheese

4 eggs beaten

three quarters of a pint single cream

quarter teaspoon of paprika

1teaspoon of dry mustard

if you like things hot try a quarter teaspoon of chilli powder


Grease a 9” wide flan dish. Fry the bacon until crisp and drain on kitchen paper,when cool chop in to small pieces. Chop the onion and fry in the same pan until soft,without allowing it to brown.

Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Butter the bread thickly on one side and sprinkle on half the cheese then add the rest of the bread cubes and the remaining cheese. Scatter the bacon pieces and the onions on top of the cheese. Combine the eggs,cream,and spices then pour them over the dish. Refrigerate for 8-24 hours.

Pre heat the oven to 170oC. Bake the dish for one hour and then remove it from the oven and allow it to rest for five minutes before slicing and serving.

Roasted cherry tomatoes really dress up this dish which can also be made as individual portions. Topped with a little Gruyère cheese this makes an acceptable starter .