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Welsh Rarebit

Name: Welsh Rarebit
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 Bread; 120g Cheddar Cheese; 3 tbsp Beer; 10g Butter; 2 tsp All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Mustard; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 Egg Yolk

Snack

⏱ 15 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Welsh cheese on toast — a sauce of cheese, ale, and mustard spread on toast and grilled.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Welsh rarebit is a rich sauce of melted Cheddar with ale, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce, spread thickly on toast and grilled until browned. It appears in 18th-century cookbooks and is known as the dish that sums up the Welsh love of cheese. It's a pub snack and teatime staple.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a rainy Welsh afternoon, cheese toast with browned spots and a pint of ale sit side by side on the pub counter as regulars open their newspapers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Bread 2
Cheddar Cheese 120g
Beer 3 tbsp
Butter 10g
All-purpose flour 2 tsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp
Egg Yolk 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt the butter in a small pan, add the flour, and cook on low for 1 minute.
Add the beer a little at a time, stirring until smooth.
Take off the heat and stir in the grated Cheddar, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce until melted.
Once slightly cooled, mix in the egg yolk.
Lightly toast the bread and spread the sauce on thickly.
Grill or toast until bubbling and browned.

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