Instructions

• Toast carefully square slices of bread with the crust removed.
• While hot, butter them, and then plunge in a bowl of hot water.
• Place them on a heated dish and stand in the oven, while you make the rare-bit.
• Put the milk into a porcelain-lined or granite saucepan and stand it over a moderate fire.
• When boiling hot, add the grated cheese; stir continually until the cheese is melted.
• Add the salt, cayenne, and beaten yolks, and pour it over the toasted bread.
• A rich cheese must be used or the rare-bit will be tough.