Chilli cheese toast
When I began my career at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay some thirty-eight years ago, the most popular canapé item in banqueting at its restaurant was the chilli cheese toast – a spicy relative of the Welsh rarebit. Indians are habituated abusers of every cuisine and this creativity gets the taste buds tingling. I know you will make your own versions too, go for it! I am no purist, so add cayenne pepper as some do, or chilli powder as others do.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Cheddar Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 113 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Blue Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 100 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Beer | 1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking | 43 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Mustard | 1 tsp (5g) yellow | 3 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 50g/2oz salted butter
- 50g/2oz plain flour
- about 250ml/9fl oz beer
- 100g/4oz mature Cheddar
- 100g/4oz Caerphilly
- 25g/1oz Shropshire blue or other blue cheese
- 3 free-range egg yolks
- pinch salt
- 2–3 mild fresh green chillies
- 1 garlic
- 1 tsp crushed black pepper
- 1 heaped tbsp chopped fresh coriander
- 2–3 tbsp English mustard
- 6–8 thick slices bread
- , to serve chutney