How to cook perfect Welsh rarebit

[geardaddy]

Now that the colder weather is coming, I'm looking forward to making lots of Welsh rarebit this fall.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/oct/27/how-to-cook-perfect-welsh-rarebit



Serves 2

1 tsp English mustard powder
3 tbsp stout
30g butter
Worcestershire sauce, to taste
175g lancashire cheese, grated
2 egg yolks
2 slices bread

1. Mix the mustard powder with a little stout in the bottom of a small pan to make a paste, then stir in the rest of the stout and add the butter and about 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce – you can always add more later if you like. Heat gently until the butter has melted.

2. Tip in the cheese and stir to melt, but do not let the mixture boil. Once smooth, taste for seasoning, then take off the heat and allow to cool until just slightly warm, being careful it doesn't solidify.

3. Pre-heat the grill to medium-high, and toast the bread on both sides. Beat the yolks into the warm cheese until smooth, and then spoon on to the toast and cook until bubbling and golden. Serve immediately.

[LeftofObama]

1. Wanna hear a funny story?

When I was in my 20's I got my first apartment. I went grocery shopping and I was walking down the frozen food aisle and I saw a package of Welsh rarebit. I swear the package said Welsh rabbit. When I got home I opened the package and boiled it in water per the directions and poured it over toast. I took a couple of bites and then called my sister and told her never to buy that brand of Welsh rabbit because there was no meat in there. I never heard a person laugh so hard in my life! She told me to get the box out of the trash and read it again. Needless to say she tells that story quite a bit.

[Galileo126]

2. I read your reply at work, and LOL!

I got some looks (huh???). The funny thing is, one of the C&B posters posted a similar recipe here (bif, I think), and I made the same mistake of reading the recipe too quickly. "What's a Welsh rabbit? Is that a breed, or a preparation?"

[LeftofObama]

5. Yeah, I thought I was going to be one of those hoity toity upper crust people and

when someone asked me what I had for dinner I could say, "Oh, nothing special, just some Welsh rabbit" then sit back and wait for them to be amazed at my culinary prowess.

[geardaddy]

6. Some people do call is Welsh rabbit, though.

I grew up calling it Welsh rabbit.

[cali]

9. along those lines, but more embarrassing.

Many years ago, I was at a party in rural Vermont (where I now live). The party was at this guy's place on a commune. He's an artist- and also a champion silhouette shooter. At the time, I didn't know most of the people at the party and I was just standing around in a group listening to this guy talking about skeet shooting. I asked him "how do you cook a skeet?". Everyone erupted in laughter, but that wasn't enough for him: In a bellowing voice he announced to the entire room that I had just asked him how to cook a skeet. I still didn't know why everyone thought it was so funny.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Where can you buy lancashire cheese in the U.S.?

Whole Foods?

[azurnoir]

4. in my area you can get it at a local gourmet grocery chain

however it's around $25.00 a pound making it a bit spendy for me but according to the web there are substitutions that can be used mainly cheddar

http://www.foodsubs.com/Chesfirm.html

[geardaddy]

7. I usually just use Cheddar

but any good melting cheese with a little flavor is good.

[Auggie]

8. This will definitely be on the winter menu. Thanks for posting.