Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Welsh Rabbit with Beer (Nothing To Do with Wales and Not a Har

Category: Vegetables

Ingredients and Directions

1 tb Butter

1 lb Sharp cheddar cheese,grated

3/4 c Beer

Dash of cayenne pepper OR Tabasco 1 ts Dry mustard

1/2 ts Salt

1/2 ts Worcestershire sauce

1 Egg, slightly beaten

8 Slices warm toast, each

Halved In the top of a double boiler set over hot,not boiling,water,melt butter.Add cheese and all but 1 tbsp. of the beer.Cook,stirring constantly,until cheese has melted and the mixture is smooth.Combine seasonings with remaining beer and stir into cheese.Beat a little of the hot mixture into the beaten egg to prevent curdling before adding the egg mixture to the melted cheese.Stir to combine. Arrange 4 triangles of toast on each plate and top immediately with 1/4 of the rabbit.Alternatives:Top each piece of toast with a very thin slice of baked Virginia ham before pouring on the melted cheese. Substitute boiled tomato halves,steamed asparagus or broccoli,toasted English muffins or corn muffins for the toast.Serves 4.