Real Welsh Rarebit

Welsh rarebit is a smooth cheese sauce flavored with mustard and beer served over toast and broiled until bubbly for a fancy version of cheese on toast.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Calories: 712 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole milk
• 6 slices bread
• 2 drops hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®)
• 0.25 cup butter
• 0.25 cup all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup beer
• 0.25 teaspoon dry mustard
• 0.25 teaspoon pepper
• 0.25 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 0.5 pound Cheddar cheese, shredded

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Cook and stir until smooth and bubbly, about 5 minutes.

Step 2

Remove the saucepan from the heat. Gradually stir in milk, then return to heat and stir continuously until mixture comes to a boil. Slowly pour in beer; cook and stir for 1 minute. Melt Cheddar cheese into mixture in small portions until completely incorporated.

Step 3

Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

Step 4

Toast bread slices on 1 side. Arrange on a baking sheet with the untoasted side facing up. Spoon cheese sauce over untoasted side.

Step 5

Cook under the preheated broiler until cheese sauce is bubbling and golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve hot.