Welsh Rarebit
Wales's grown-up cheese on toast — a thick sauce of mature cheddar, ale, mustard and Worcestershire sauce spread over toast and grilled until bubbling and blistered brown.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 25 g butter
- 25 g plain flour
- 100 ml dark ale or stout
- 200 g mature cheddar, grated
- 1 tsp English mustard
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- to taste black pepper, ground
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 egg yolk
- 4 thick slices of sourdough or farmhouse bread
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1493 kcal · P 68.3g · C 89.4g · F 95.5g
Estimated from 9 of 10 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat, stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- 2Gradually whisk in the ale until smooth and cook for 1–2 minutes until thick.
- 3Take the pan off the heat and stir in the cheddar until melted, then the mustard, Worcestershire sauce, pepper and cayenne. Cool for 5 minutes and beat in the egg yolk; the mixture should be a thick, spreadable paste.
- 4Heat the grill to high and toast the bread on both sides.
- 5Spread the cheese mixture thickly right to the edges of the toast, so the edges don't burn.
- 6Grill about 10 cm from the heat for 3–4 minutes, until bubbling and blistered dark brown in spots. Serve at once.
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Questions and answers
How long does Welsh Rarebit take to make?
About 25 minutes: 10 min prep and 15 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Welsh Rarebit?
10 ingredients: butter, plain flour, dark ale or stout, mature cheddar, English mustard, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, cayenne pepper, egg yolk, thick slices of sourdough or farmhouse bread.
How many servings does this Welsh Rarebit recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Welsh Rarebit?
About 373 kcal, with 17.1 g protein, 22.3 g carbohydrate and 23.9 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Welsh Rarebit?
Welsh Rarebit comes from British cuisine.
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