Welsh Rarebit Week - Part 3 of 6 - The Foody Dot Com

A leading gastronomy website takes its turn at claiming the cheese on toast crown….

A competition of highs and lows so far, would the drama continue with The Foody‘s recipe? The Foody subtitled their recipe header with the name in Welsh - Caws Pobi - which was nice. Also admirable was the quote “whatever you choose to call it - it’s still cheese on toast”. Correctamundo! I found this a simple and delicious version.

Find the recipe online here : http://thefoody.com/cheese/welshrarebit.html

Taste - 4

Simplicity returned after yesterday’s over-indulgence, and what a relief. The taste of the cheese came through VERY strongly in this recipe, which has to be the main purpose of Welsh Rarebit. There were also a couple of larger pieces of onion (see Ease/Effort) which I personally liked but others may not, and one mouthful was particularly “mustard-y”, hinting that I ought to have mixed for a little longer. The addition of onion to the mixture was new to me but worked fabulously. Delicious.

Presentation - 4

As the picture shows, this has a very “proper“ look of cheese on toast about it. Cheese dripping and melting over the edge of the toast, and the surface of the cheese with crispier brown spots here and there. Whether the beer helps the browning I’m not sure, maybe we’ll know by the end of the competition?

Ease/Effort - 3.5

It was nice to find a brilliantly simple recipe again, and it was very, very easy to follow. Mind you, there does seem to be a small error. What does “Place half the mixture on toast on each slice of toast“ mean? That’s a very minor criticism though. If you struggle to chop onions without crying, you will be shedding buckets as you grate the onion here, I’ve never grated an onion before and it seems that the chemicals you release “gently” when slicing are hurled violently into the air when grating! Altogether, easy and effective, despite the onion tears.

Scores On The Doors:

The Foody - 11.5

Country Life Dot Com - 9

James Martin - 5

Running Order:

Day Four - Sue Marchant.

Day Five - Delia Smith.

Day Six - Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.