Welsh Rarebit

8 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter - you can use any oil as well if you're wanting to cut back on saturated fats
  • 1 tablespoon AP flour
  • 150 milliliters beer - I used the Phillips Blue Buck - a bit hoppy, a bit malty, but not too hoppy and malty... use what you have on hand, but don't use Budweiser or PBR or something of that nature
  • 2/3 cup aged cheddar cheese - white or orange, your choice
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • Coarse salt and freshly grated black pepper, to taste
  • A couple slices of thick cut crusty, grainy bread
  • Worcestershire sauce, to serve

Directions

  1. 1
    Turn oven on to broil - leave the rack in the middle of the oven. When hot, place a couple thick slices of toast directly on the rack, to toast for a minute or two on each side. Be careful not to burn.
  2. 2
    In a saucepan, heat butter on medium heat to melt. Once melted add in the flour, and whisk together - removing any lumps. Cook for a minute, and then add the beer, while continually whisking. Add in the cheese and mustard, and combine together to melt the cheese.
  3. 3
    Taste, and season with coarse salt and pepper, to your preference.
  4. 4
    Place toasted bread onto a oven-safe pan, and gently pour over the cheese sauce. Smooth it all the way to the edges - you don't want any bread uncovered. Place in the oven and broil until bubbly and brown, approximately 5 minutes, but you'll have to keep an eye on it through the oven door - some oven are hotter than other, and you don't want it to blacken too much.
  5. 5
    Serve with a generous douse of Worcestershire sauce, and the left-over beer.

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