Welsh Rabbit
Toasted bread topped with a savory cheese sauce. Delicious for lunch or supper.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Grinds of black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon (or more, to taste) dry mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon (or more, to taste) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup beer, ale (I used pale ale), or white wine
- 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- 4 slices bread from a crusty boule, toasted on both sides
Garnish:
- If desired, garnish the cheese with a sprinkling of paprika and/or slices of fresh, in-season tomato
Instructions
- Heat the butter in a sauce pan over low heat until melted. Blend in flour, salt, pepper, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth and bubbly.
- Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for one minute. Stir in the beer (or ale or wine).
- Stir in cheese. Stir over low heat until the cheese is melted.
- Promptly pour the sauce over the toasted slices of bread. Garnish with a sprinkling of paprika, and, if available to you, slices of in-season tomato.