Welsh rarebit, also known as Welsh rabbit.

Welsh Rarebit / Welsh Rabbit

A classic recipe for a highly flavoured cheese on toast dish, Welsh Rarebit. Also known as Welsh Rabbit. This dish is thought to have originated in the 1700’s.

Ingredients

60gm/2oz of cheddar cheese per person

2 slices of toast per person

salt and pepper

mustard powder

Worcestershire sauce

beer – the more flavour in the beer, the better. If you don’t want to use beer you can use milk, an oil-based salad dressing or all three!

Method

Put your cheese into the top of a double boiler over a gentle heat.

Add the mustard, salt and pepper.

Add some Worcestershire sauce.

Once it starts to melt add just enough beer to make it into a thick paste.

Add more beer if necessary once it has fully melted.

Spread the cheese on your toast and brown under the grill (or broiler if you’re in the US)

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 Ingredients

1lb or 450 gm of raw sugar (also known as demarara sugar, turbinado sugar, natural brown or light brown sugar)

3/4 US cup or 180ml of water

a pinch of cream of tartar OR 1tsp of white vinegar

4 oz or 120 gm of butter

4 tbsp of cream (or 3tbsp if you’re using an Australian 20 ml tablespoon)

Method

Cover a baking tray with foil and spray lightly with cooking oil (not olive oil,  it will make it taste funky).

Heat the sugar and water over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved and bring to the boil.

Add a pinch of cream of tartar or a teaspoon of white vinegar and stir in.

Heat until it reaches hard crack stage, which is 150 degrees C or 302 degrees F.

When it reaches hard crack stage add the butter and cream and stir in.

Pour quickly into your tray. I was a bit slow in the video, which is why there is a grainy look on top where it had started to cool down.

Leave until it starts to set and score some lines in it where you want to break it later.

Leave overnight to cool, break into squares and enjoy!