Hot Brown

Ingredients

• 4 slices lightly toasted and buttered white bread, cut into quarters
• 8 ounces thinly sliced turkey
• 8 slices tomato
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  • ¼ to 1 cup firmly packed finely grated cheese (1 to 4 ounces)
  • Salt to taste
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper or hot paprika
  • Pinch of grated or ground nutmeg or mace
  • (A few drops of dry white wine or lemon juice)

  Sub-recipe steps

  1. Prepare: White Sauce I
  2. When it is smooth and hot, reduce the heat to low and stir in: ¼ to 1 cup firmly packed finely grated cheese (1 to 4 ounces)
  3. Cook, stirring, just until the cheese is melted, or the cheese may turn stringy. Season with: Salt to taste; Pinch of cayenne pepper or hot paprika; Pinch of grated or ground nutmeg or mace
  4. Should the sauce become stringy, bring it just to a simmer and whisk in: (A few drops of dry white wine or lemon juice)
  5. then remove from the heat.
• 8 slices bacon, cooked until crisp