Welch Rarebit
By: Carla
Published: Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 6:50am

Ingredients




2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon mustard powder, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon cayenne, or to taste
3/4 cup strong dark beer, like Guinness
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, or to taste
1 pound Cheddar, Double Gloucester or other English cheese (or other good semi-hard 
4 to 8 pieces lightly toasted bread





Preparation

1 Pre toast your bread of choice on a baking sheet under the broiler. 2 Set aside. 3 Put butter in a saucepan over medium heat and, as it melts, stir in flour. 4 Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and very fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes. 5 Stir in mustard and cayenne, then whisk in beer and Worcestershire sauce. 6 When mixture is uniform, turn heat to low and stir in cheese, again stirring until smooth. 7 Remove from heat and pour into a broad container to set (you can refrigerate for up to a day at this point). 8 Spread mixture thickly on toast and put under broiler until bubbly and edges of toast are crisp. 9 Serve immediately. 


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Preparation

 1  Pre toast your bread of choice on a baking sheet under the broiler.  2  Set aside.  3  Put butter in a saucepan over medium heat and, as it melts, stir in flour.  4  Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown and very fragrant, 3 to 5 minutes.  5  Stir in mustard and cayenne, then whisk in beer and Worcestershire sauce.  6  When mixture is uniform, turn heat to low and stir in cheese, again stirring until smooth.  7  Remove from heat and pour into a broad container to set (you can refrigerate for up to a day at this point).  8  Spread mixture thickly on toast and put under broiler until bubbly and edges of toast are crisp.  9  Serve immediately.

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A great cheese sauce on toast points for an anytime snack.
Courtesy of Mark Bittman