Categories: Cheese, Ham 
      Yield: 6 servings 
  
-------------------------------RAREBIT (SAUCE------------------------------- 
      2    Eggs, at room temperature 
      6 oz Bottled beer or ale 
    3/4 lb Cheddar cheese, coarse shred 
  1 1/2 tb Butter or margarine 
    3/4 ts Dry mustard 
    3/4 ts Worcestershire sauce 
    1/8 ts Tabasco sauce 
 
------------------------------------BASE------------------------------------ 
      2 sl Homebaked Bread, toasted 
      4 sl Black Forest Ham 
 
-----------------------------VEGETABLE FILLING----------------------------- 
  1 1/2 c  Watercress, fresh 
    1/4 c  Green Pepper, julienne 
 
----------------------------------GARNISH---------------------------------- 
           Tomato slices, thin 
  
  1. Beat eggs until well blended. 
   
  2. Stir remaining sauce ingredients, together with the eggs, in a 
  double-boiler. The type of beer used is a personal preference. A variety 
  beer such as an imported German, British, etc beer is recommended so as to 
  make the recipe less ordinary. A Pilsener or Lager may add more foam to the 
  mixture and make the rarebit lighter in texture. 
   
  3. Bring a double-boiler to the boil then reduce heat to medium to heat 
  mixture. Leave mixture uncovered and stir mixture thoroughly about once 
  every minute. 
   
  4. When the desired consistency is achieved, Beat mixture with rotary 
  beater or electric mixer until very smooth. Leave in double-boiler to 
  maintain temperature. 
   
  5. Toast bread slices. Home-made bread, sliced slightly thicker than 
  commercial bread, is preferrable. Variety home-made breads would vary 
  texture and flavour. 
   
  6. Drape 1 to 2 slices of Black Forest Ham (or alternative delicatessen 
  meat slices) over toasted bread. Place on dinner plate and set in warming 
  oven approx 10 min. prior to serving. 
   
  7. Steam watercress with julienne green peppers until heated through. These 
  vegetables should be as close to uncooked as possible, although heated. 
  Microwave may be utilized (approx 2 min at high). Wild watercress would 
  enhance flavour. 
   
  8. Mound a portion of watercress and green pepper in the middle of the ham 
  slices on the serving plates. Ladle a generous amount of the rarebit over 
  the vegetables, ham and toast - allowing it to flow to cover the plate 
  bottom. Accent plate by dropping thinly sliced uncooked tomato on the top 
  of each mound. 
   
  Developed by Paul A. Meadows Rarebit sauce ingredients modified from a 
  recipe found in "The New Deluxe Sharp Microwave Oven Cookbook" remainder is 
  authors original work.