Didn’t really want to cook a whole lot. But I had some bread from the other day, beer and some sharp cheddar. My solution became obvious.
Total cost: $1.04
I remember being enamored with the concept of this as a child, but never getting to have any. Maybe I’ll have to make some!
Comfort food from my Gran. Always a staple in the cold months.
How is the beer used in this dish??
Rarely
The cheese is melted into a sauce with the beer and then poured over the bread. There’s usually some other flavouring too like mustard and Worcestershire sauce.
Legit my lunch tomorrow. Looks good
Welsh rarebit, a classic dish of cheese sauce on toast, with beer, mustard, and Worcestershire sauce.
All this cooked into a sauce, and ladled over toast:
¼ cup butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon dry mustard
¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, or more to taste
2 drops Tabasco, or more to taste
1 cup whole milk
½ cup beer
½ pound sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
I went bare bones. Zero milk or flour in mine.
It’s the liquid you melt the butter and mix the mustard and Worcestershire into before adding the cheese. It’s a tiny amount of beer. Just enough to get the cheese liquid.
I had both spicy brown mustard and Worcestershire in there. Along with some Tabasco.
It’s stupid simple to make. Biggest issue is finding a crusty bread.
Ooh, a dash of tobacco does sound good. Gonna have to try that tomorrow
Please no. Tabasco or some other hit sauce. But never the devil’s leather weed.
Stupid autocorrect 😒
Although not how I’d do it, thinking about it now, a little smokiness in there would be good
Was curious about the etymology.
It’s an interesting one
Two drops of liquid smoke. The last time I made this I used some smoked cheddar that I had made.
Interesting in Cologne there’s “Halve Hahn”. It could be translated to “half a chicken” but it’s also bread and cheese.
Is the bread specific?
Crusty. It’s just gotta be crusty. This doesn’t work with weak bread.
