Savoury Toasted or Melted Cheese

Ingredients

• pieces of quick, fat, rich, well tasted cheese
• a dish of thick beaten melted Butter
• for Sparages or the like, or pease, or other boiled Sallet
• Chop some of the Asparages among it, or slices of Gambon of Bacon, or fresh-collops, or Onions
• some gross White-Pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cut cheese into pieces and place in melted butter.

2. 2

   Optionally add chopped asparagus, bacon, or onions.

3. 3

   Melt over coals, stirring until incorporated.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with white pepper and serve with toast or crusts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SAVOURYTOSTEDORMELTED CHEESE Cut pieces of quick, fat, rich, well tasted cheese, (as the best of Brye, Cheshire, &c. or sharp thick Cream-Cheese) into a dish of thick beaten melted Butter, that hath served for Sparages or the like, or pease, or other boiled Sallet, or ragout of meat, or gravy of Mutton : and, if you will, Chop some of the Asparages among it, or slices of Gambon of Bacon, or fresh-collops, or Onions, or Sibboulets, or Anchovis, and set all this to melt upon a Chafing- dish of Coals, and stir all well together, to Incorpo- rate them ; and when all is of an equal consistence, strew some gross White-Pepper

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.