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
Celebrate Kentish Food Week - 27th September - 1 October 2010
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