Toasted Cheese

Ingredients

• 3 ounces of finely grated cheese
• 4 ounces of grated bread crumbs
• 2 ounces of fresh butter
• 2 egg yolks, well beaten
• 1 tablespoon of cream
• 1 teaspoon of mustard
• Salt
• Pepper
• Toasted bread

Directions

1. Mix the finely grated cheese, bread crumbs, fresh butter, well beaten egg yolks, cream, mustard, and a little salt and pepper into a saucepan.
2. Stir saucepan over fire till heated
3. Lay it thick upon toasted bread.
4. Brown it, or put it covered with a dish into a dutch oven, till thoroughly heated; let the cheese be just brown.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Robert Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
June 07, 2020