Ingredients
75ml/2½fl oz milk
325g/11½oz Exmoor Blue cheese
50ml/3½fl oz beer
30g/1¼oz plain flour
2 egg yolks
30g/1oz breadcrumbs
½tsp mustard powder, or to taste
dash of Tabasco sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 slices thick white bread, toasted
4 rashers of smoked bacon, grilled
To serve
ready-made chutney
Method
1. Warm the milk in a saucepan but do not boil.
2. Crumble the cheese into the milk and stir until it has melted.
3. Add the beer, mustard, Tabasco, flour and the breadcrumbs. Stir until combined, remove from the heat and cool.
4. Add the egg yolks and season with the salt and freshly ground black pepper.
5. Grill the bread on both sides and place into a dish. Top with the grilled bacon followed by the rarebit mixture and place under the grill to brown for a few minutes.
6. Serve with a spoonful of chutney.
