Kentish Rarebit Recipe

Kent School dinner recipes

A popular snack with the fruit pickers in the orchards of Kent at the turn of the 20th Century.

Serves 4

Ingredients

260g cheese

2 eating apples

35g butter

salt and pepper to taste

Method

1 Peel, core and slice the apples.

2 Grate the cheese.

3 Melt the butter in a pan and gently fry the apples.

4 Add the grated cheese and seasoning and mix together.

5 Spread onto rounds of toasted Kentish huffkin or toast and place under a hot grill until the mixture is bubbling.

Nutritional analysis per portion

Energy kcal

439.0

Calcium mg

527.0

Protein g

21.0

Sodium mg

629.0

Fat g

31.0

Iron mg

1.6

Saturates g

19.0

Zinc mg

3.5

Carbohydrate g

20.0

Folate �g

34.3

NME g

0

Vitamin C mg

3.0

Fibre g

3.2

Vitamin A �g

315.0

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