Cheese on toast

Cheese on toast is made by placing sliced or grated cheese on toasted bread and melting it under a grill. It is popular in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, the Caribbean and in African countries. It is sometimes called Welsh rabbit, although that usually involves a sauce including other ingredients as well.[1]

Cheese on toast

Main ingredients	Sliced bread, cheese, sometimes butter
Cookbook: Cheese on toast

Recipes

Cheese on toast consists of toast (toasted on both sides or just one side), with cheese placed on it and then grilled. Further toppings are optional; the most basic being chopped onions (raw or grilled with the cheese), brown sauce or ketchup. Pickled cucumber, Branston pickle, fried tomatoes, fried eggs, Worcestershire sauce and baked beans are also common.[2][3]

Recipe books and internet articles tend to elaborate on the basics, adding ingredients and specifying accompaniments to make more interesting reading. Consequently, published recipes seldom deal with the most basic form of the dish and frequently refer to the similar dish of Welsh rarebit as "posh cheese on toast".[4]

Cheddar cheese is most commonly used for Cheese on toast, as this is a particularly good cheese for toasting. Lancashire dairies, in conjunction with a "National Cheese Toast Day", have promoted Lancashire cheese as the best cheese to use.[5]

See also

• Grilled cheese, a hot cheese sandwich in the United States
• Open sandwich
• Cafe (British)
• Beans on toast, another simple dish made with slices of bread and a topping
• Croque monsieur, the French hot ham and cheese sandwich
• List of toast dishes
• Toasties, a sandwich from a sandwich toaster
• Uunijuusto, a Finnish speciality based on bovine colostrum
• Welsh rarebit, the cheese sauce based dish
• Cheese dream
• Hot Brown
• List of bread dishes

References

1. Louis Saulnier, Le Répertoire de la Cuisine, translated by E. Brunet.
2. James Martin. "BBC recipe by James Martin". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
3. Antony Worrall Thompson. "BBC recipe by Anthony Worrall Thompson". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
4. Lesley Waters. "BBC recipe by Lesley Waters: cheese sauce on toast". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-10-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) British Cheese Board article. Retrieved 15 January 2008.