Best Cheese Rarebit Recipes

STILTON AND WALNUT WELSH RAREBIT - BLUE CHEESE ON TOAST

Steps:

• Pre-heat the grill the the highest setting and line a grill pan with kitchen foil.
• Put the cheese into a mixing bowl and mash with a fork.
• Add the cream or creme fraiche, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, black pepper, salt, (optional as the cheese is already quite salty) & the walnut pieces.
• Mix well & set aside.
• Place all the slices of bread on to the lined grill pan and toast until just golden brown.
• Take out and spread the UNTOASTED side with butter.
• Spread the cheese mixture over the top ensuring it is spread to the edges, otherwise they will burn!
• Sprinkle with the Cayenne pepper.
• Place under the grill and grill for about 2-4 minutes until the cheese is melted, bubbling & tinged with brown.
• Serve 2 slices per person with a crisp seasonal salad and a good glass or two of Red wine!
• The ultimate supper dish!
• If you wish to serve these as aperitif nibbles, stamp out rounds from the slices of bread and continue to assemble & grill as above. Serves about 8 people that way.

CLASSIC CHEESE RAREBIT

Steps:

• Place cheese, beer, butter and seasonings in saucepan; cook on low heat until cheese is completely melted, stirring occasionally.
• Beat egg lightly with fork in small bowl. Remove small amount of cheese sauce from saucepan. Add to egg; mix until well blended. Add to remaining cheese sauce in saucepan; stir until well blended. Cook until thickened, stirring frequently.
• Place 2 toast triangles on each serving plate. Top evenly with cheese sauce just before serving.

WELSH RABBIT (RAREBIT) - SORT OF TOASTED CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler over boiling water. Add the milk or beer; when this is warm, add the grated cheese.
• With a fork, stir lightly but constantly until the cheese is melted. Season with Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt and cayenne.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat, and stir in the lightly beaten egg, which will cook in a few seconds.
• Pour the mixture over the hot toast.
• Sprinkle with a little paprika if liked, and serve immediately.

CHEESE RAREBIT

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat.
• Add flour, stirring until smooth.
• Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Gradually add milk; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in Cheddar cheese, salt, dry mustard, and paprika.
• Gradually stir approx one-fourth of hot mixture into beaten egg; add to remaining hot mixture.
• Cook mixture over low heat 1 minute.
• Serve over toast points.

IRISH RAREBIT ON SODA BREAD WITH CHEDDAR CHEESE AND ALE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a heavy pan and stir in flour to make a roux. Cook on a low heat for a further minute without allowing it to brown.
• Remove pan from heat and gradually beat the milk or buttermilk into the roux. Return to heat and stir until the mixture thickens. Stir in mustard and honey, spring onions and finally the stout/Guinness. Cook this mixture fairly rapidly for 2-3 minutes then add the grated cheese and stir over very low heat only until all the cheese has melted.
• Spread thickly on four slices of soda bread and place under the grill until golden brown and bubbling. Serve hot with soups, stews, salad, chutneys or pickles.
• (Serves 2 as a light meal or snack with salad and 4 as an accompaniment to soup or stew.).

BOOZY CHEESE ON TOAST (WELSH RAREBIT) RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Cut the centre out of a slice of bread, leaving only the thin crust in one piece - then cut that centre into smaller squares.
• Place all of the bread along with another regular full slice on a baking tray and lightly toast under a grill for a few minutes.
• Melt the butter in a pot on a medium-low heat, then add the cheese. Stir it all in until everything is melted.
• Gradually add the beer bit by bit, stirring until combined before adding the next bit of beer.
• Stir in the mustard and Worcestershire sauce and remove from the heat.
• Stack the hollowed out crust of the bread onto the full slice and drop in half of the small squares.
• Fill this with the cheese mixture, then top with whatever squares you have left over.
• Put it under the grill for another 1 or 2 minutes until the bread has fully toasted and the cheese mixture is slightly brown.
• Enjoy!

CHEESE RAREBIT FONDUE

Steps:

• In fondue pot or medium saucepan over low heat, combine cheese cubes, dry mustard, milk, Worcestershire sauce and hot pepper sauce.
• Heat until cheese is completely melted, stirring frequently.
• Stir in bacon.
• Serve in fodue pot or ceramic bowl.
• Use fondue forks or wooden skewers to dip bread cubes.
• Also great with vegies!

BEER CHEESE FONDUE IN SOURDOUGH ROUND (RAREBIT IN A HOLE)

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except bread. Set aside.
• Hollow out the bread round leaving 1/2" sides. Cut pulled out bread into 1"cubes and also cut additional bread loaf into slices or cubes and put in a plastic bag until ready to serve.
• Fill bread-bowl with cheese mixture, wrap in foil and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
• Place on a platter and serve with bread cubes and/or slices around the bread-bowl.

MINI CHEESE AND OLIVE WELSH RAREBIT BITES FOR FESTIVE FROLICS!

Steps:

• Stamp 12 x 2" rounds out of the sliced bread - the spare bread can be kept for fresh breadcrumbs.
• Pre-heat the oven to 230C/475F and line a baking tray with greasproof paper.
• Lay the bread rounds on the lined tray and bake for about 3 to 5 minutes or until a pale golden brown. Remove from the oven.
• Mix the grated cheese, chopped olives, chopped sun-dried tomatoes, mustard powder and mayonnaise together - season with salt and pepper to taste, remembering the olives are already quite salty!
• Spread the mixture over the top of the pre-toasted bread rounds and bake in the pre-heated oven for about 5 to 8 minutes, or until the mixture has melted and is bubbling.
• Take the mini rarebits out and place half a cherry tomato into the toppping of each round - put them back into the oven for about 1 to 2 minutes to soften the tomato, make sure they do not brown too much.
• Take them out of the oven and finish off by placing half an olive in the middle of each cherry tomato as a final garnish.
• Serve warm or at room temperature with cocktails, wine and other Hors D'oeuvres for festive feasts, frolics, parties or buffets!
• The toasted bread rounds can be stored for up to a week in an airtight tin, and the cheese rarebit mixture can be made ahead and stored for up to 3 days in the fridge.

WELSH RAREBIT (CHEESE FONDUE) RECIPE - (3/5)

Steps:

• - Melt butter in saucepan; mix flour, mustard, Worchestershire and milk together in shakeable container and mix well; add to pan and stir until it gets thick and bubbles; add cheese and stir until cheese melts - Transfer to a fondue pot and sprinkle with paprika; dip bread cubes into cheese - Or spoon over bread slices and sprinkle with paprika

JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY TOASTED CHEESE - WELSH OR SCOTCH RAREBIT

Steps:

• Melt the cheese over hot, but not boiling, water and then gradually stir in the rest of the ingredients. Mix well and set to one side. Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Toast the bread on ONE side only and then butter the UNTOASTED side.
• Spread the melted rarebit mixture over the top of the bread - on the UNTOASTED side - make sure the mixture is spread upto the edges.
• Place under a hot grill and cook until the rarebit mixture is bubbling hot and brown in patches, about 3 to 5 minutes depending on the heat of your grill.
• Serve immediately with a selection of chutneys, relishes and pickles.

QUICK CHEESE & ONION RAREBIT

Steps:

• Toast the bread in a toaster. Meanwhile, mix the cheese sauce, onions and a grind of pepper together in a small bowl.
• Transfer the toast to a non-stick grill rack and drape the ham over each slice. Next, spoon the cheese sauce onto the ham and spread it around with the back of the spoon. Scatter the grated cheese over the sauce, then pop the rarebit under a hot grill until the cheese turns bubbly and golden. Cut each slice in half and serve while still hot.

NETTLE & BLUE CHEESE RAREBIT

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the nettles and cook for 1 min until wilted. Allow to cool for 1 min, then roughly chop. Add to a bowl with the crème fraÎche, mustard and half the blue cheese. Stir in seasoning and set aside.
• Heat the grill and lightly toast the bread on both sides. Divide the nettle and cheese mix between the toasts then pile on the remaining cheese and grill until golden and bubbling. Serve immediately.