Local recipes from the National Parks
Recipe for Welsh Rarebit
Brecon Beacons National Park
Ingredients:
- 8oz grated, strong Welsh cheese
- 1 tablespoon Welsh butter
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 level teaspoon dry mustard
- 2 teaspoons flour
- 4 tablespoons Welsh beer
- Shake of pepper
- 4 slices bread toasted on 1 side only
How to make it:
Put cheese, flour, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, butter and pepper into a saucepan. Mix well and then add the beer to moisten. Do not make it too wet. Stir over a gentle heat until all is melted, when it is thickish paste stop stirring and swivel it around the saucepan, which it will do quite easily. Leave to cool a little. Meanwhile toast the bread on one side only. Spread the rarebit over the untoasted side and brown under a hot grill.
