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Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit)

This is a French version (as served in brasseries in northern France) of the traditional Welsh rarebit. It contains boiled ham as well as the usual toasted bread and Cheddar cheese melted in beer.

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Last modified on: February 2^nd 2014

Keywords for this recipe:Welsh rarebit Toast Cheddar Beer

For 2 people, you will need:

1 300 g cheese
2 2 slices ham
3 1 teaspoon olive oil
4 300 ml beer
5 2 slices bread
6 pepper
Total weight: 805 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
9 min.	24 min.	33 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Welsh (French Welsh Rarebit) : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Grate the cheese, preferably cheddar.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

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Fry 2 slices ham, cut in half, in 1 teaspoon olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Allow it to colour slightly on both sides.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

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Using the same pan, without cleaning it, pour in 300 ml beer and bring to the boil.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

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Turn down the heat and add the cheese.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

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Stir gently but constantly until the cheese melts and mixes with the beer. Pepper.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

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Take a small oven-proof dish and place 1/2 a slice of ham in the bottom, then a slice of toasted bread on top...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

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...then the other half of the ham.

Stage 8 - 10 min.

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Pour the melted cheese over and bake (or put under the grill) to brown the top lightly.

Serve piping hot.

Remarks

It is important to use Cheddar cheese, the orange variety keeps the right mood. Use whatever beer you prefer. I like to use a Belgian white beer.

You can also serve Welsh rabbit with a fried egg sat on top (sometimes known as a buck rabbit).

Keeping

Should be eaten right away.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,515 Kcal or 6,343 Kj	97 gr	122 gr	103 gr
76 %	37 %	12 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
188 Kcal or 787 Kj	12 gr	15 gr	13 gr
9 %	5 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
758 Kcal or 3,174 Kj	49 gr	61 gr	52 gr
38 %	19 %	6 %	8 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 4.01 £
Per person : 2.01 £

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Beer: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Carbonnade, Ch'ti mussel tarts, Gratin du Nord, Endive and beer soup, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Endive and cheese salad with croutons, Langres-style spinach, Eggs in brioche nests, Warm cauliflower salad with two cheeses, ... All
	Bread: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's red cabbage salad, "Buttonhole" quail eggs, Home-made breadcrumb coating, Auvergnat tartines, Montlebon toast, ... All
	Ham: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French toast "cordon bleu", Mushroom buckwheat pancakes, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Croque-monsieur, Croque-monsieur potatoes, ... All

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