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 WELSH RAREBIT

Welsh Rarebit is a Traditional Welsh Recipe For Cheese on Toast....  Flavoured with local Beer , Mustard & Worcestershire Sauce ... 

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Ingredients

  • 200 g Grated Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 pt Full Fat Milk
  • 50 - 100 ml Brown Ale / Beer
  • 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 teaspoons English Mustard
  • 3 teaspoons of Plain Flour
  • 50 g Salted Butter



Method

  • Warm the milk in a microwave or a separate pan , do not boil just get it hot.
  • Melt the butter in to a medium size saucepan.
  • When the butter is melted add the flour and mix into a paste.
  • Slowly add the warm milk a quart at a time and mix together with a wire whisk, adding more milk until the mixture is at a thick consistency - A thick sauce. This should require about 3 quarters of the milk. 
  • Add the Beer , Worcestershire sauce & Mustard to the pan and mix together. 
  • When the sauce it bubbling and hot add your cheese and mix in. Allow the cheese to melt fully then remove the sauce from the heat and decant into a cooling dish.
  • Leave to cool for a few hours until the Rarebit is set.

   ' Use this paste to spread on fresh crusty toast and melt under the grill until brown ,serve with poached egg's and crispy Bacon .... ' 

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