Here's a quick and easy way to take your cheese on toast breakfast, lunch or supper to the next level - Wasabi Cheese on Toast which you might call Japanese Rarebit! Just mix up some wasabi with soft butter, spread it onto your toast and cover with slices of mature cheddar cheese. Pop under your grill for 3 or 4 minutes until the cheese is nicely melted and bubbly. Last, before the cheese cools, sprinkle over some finely cut nori seaweed matchsticks and serve. One mouthful will be enough to persuade you that this is one of the easiest and tastiest bits of Japanese fusion cooking you'll ever come across!
You can have this dish ready at any time of day in about 15 minutes. I used supermarket purchased S&B branded wasabi from a tube to make my wasabi butter. (As a "waste not, want not" alternative, you could use any leftover wasabi from a takeaway sushi if you've got a 'sushi habit'.) When I make my Wasabi cheese on toast, I only toast the bread on one side - I know a lot of people swear that toasting both sides is the pukka approach but I like the soft and crispy texture that you get when you only toast on one side. But, I leave that call to you, if you're in the "toast both sides" school, then by all menas do so. Your Wasabi cheese on toast will be equally delicious whichever method you choose! Likewise, if you prefer not to eat butter, this recipe works well if you mix the wasabi with a healthier option spread as a substitute (as I sometimes do myslf, truth be told.)
The one thing I would recommend for this recipe is a good, mature cheddar cheese for its outstanding umami-rich flavour. The amount of cheese I use allows for a nice bubbly layer of cheese without too much spill over the sides.
Wasabi, melted cheddar and nori - umm , my mouth is watering already! If your taste buds are tickled too, you can find the Youtube tutorial for this recipe by clicking Wasabi Cheese on Toast or by scrolling to the bottom of the page. the written recipe is just below.
Happy cooking! Kurumi XXXX.
ingredients:
(makes 2 slices of Wasabi cheese on toast)
20g butter
2 tsp wasabi paste
2 thick slices of white bread
120g / 4.5 oz mature cheddar cheese
1/2 nori seaweed sheet
how to:
soften the butter if using it straight from the fridge. when soft, combine with the wasabi until well blended
toast the bread on one side only to a golden brown colour
meanwhile cut the cheese into 5mm / 0.2 inch slices
when the bread has toasted, put the slices toasted side down onto a chopping board. spread over the wasabi butter
lay the slices of cheese over the wasabi butter
toast again until the cheese is melted and bubbling - this should take 3 - 4 minutes
meanwhile, fold the nori sheet and cut along the fold. repeat 2 or 3 times, then snip the nori into thin matchsticks
sprinkle the nori matchsticks over your wasabi cheese on toast and serve
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