Delicious Welsh Rarebit (not "Rabbit!")

Ingredients:

1 tsp. butter
1 lb. grated Leicester cheese (sharp, natural Cheddar will do nicely if you can't find any)
3/4 cup beer, preferably a nice British ale of some kind (divided)
Cayenne pepper or hot pepper sauce to taste
1 tsp. dry mustard
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 tsp. cornstarch (or "cornflour," as the Brits call it)
8 broiled tomato halves, or toast

See there? This classic recipe from the ancient west land of the true Celts who once lived in what we know of as England calls for no rabbit in it whatsoever (it looks like some Americans perhaps mistook the word rarebit for rabbit a long time ago)!

Preparation:

Melt butter in top of double boiler (have water in bottom part of double boiler at a lively simmer). Add grated cheese and all but 1 tbs. of beer. Cook over hot, not boiling, water until cheese melts. Combine hot pepper, dry mustard and Worcestershire sauce with remaining tablespoon of beer; stir into melted cheese. Combine beaten egg with cornstarch and stir into cheese mixture to thicken slightly. Let cook to thicken. Serve immediately over toast or broiled tomato halves. Makes 4 servings.

Notes:
I haven't been brave enough to try this recipe with any low-fat ingredients (I'm not sure how it would turn out, but I bet you could use egg substitutes, like Egg Beaters, for the beaten egg).

Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd
1223 - 1282

~ the last native Prince (King) of an independent Wales recognized by the English Crown ~

Du oedd y Dydd gerllaw Cilmeri Pan oedd gwlith yr nos heb godi Du yw'r awr pan dros y borfa Yn orbennydd ein lliw ola.

Black was the day around Cilmeri When the night mists failed Black the hour when cross the marsh Came the killer of our last ruler.

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