{"id":3624,"slug":"welsh-rarebit","title":"Welsh Rarebit","description":"There is no small amount of disagreement about what constitutes Welsh Rarebit. Many contend that it is just cheese on toast. At the other end of the spectrum are a variety of recipes in which the bread is steeped in beer or floated in soup.","ingredients_raw":["2 tablespoons unsalted butter","2 tablespoons all-purpose flour","1 teaspoon Dijon mustard","1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce","½ teaspoon salt","½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper","2 fl oz (60 ml) beer such as porter (Guinness will do)","4 fl oz (120 ml) double cream","6 oz (170 g) grated Cheddar cheese","4 slices of toast"],"ingredients_norm":["unsalted butter","all purpose flour","dijon mustard","worcestershire sauce","salt","ground black pepper","beer such as porter","heavy cream","cheddar cheese","toast"],"steps":["In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and whisk in the flour.","Cook, whisking constantly for 2–3 minutes, being careful not to brown the flour.","Whisk in mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper until smooth.","Add beer and whisk to combine.","Pour in cream and whisk until well combined and smooth.","Gradually add cheese, stirring constantly, until cheese melts and sauce is smooth; this will take 4–5 minutes.","Pour over toast and serve immediately."],"categories":["Cheese recipes","Welsh recipes","Recipes using cheddar","Recipes using beer","Recipes using bread","Recipes using butter","Recipes using double cream","Recipes using Dijon mustard","Recipes using salt","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":10,"servings":"2","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Welsh_Rarebit","source_ref":"4613377","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Welsh_Rarebit&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"eaf2acde3d120e1be663702bc2983cdb185d31c7a68de7bd5d6f437e5565ee1f","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:30Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/welsh-rarebit"}