Welsh Rabbit

Ingredients

• Two pounds of fresh American cheese
• a lump of butter about the size of an egg
• a smooth teaspoon of paprika
• a couple of tablespoons of beer or ale
• a modicum of salt
• a tablespoonful of prepared English mustard
• two of the French

Method

1. 1

   Put butter in the dish over the fire until it simmers.

2. 2

   Add paprika and beer, mix well.

3. 3

   Add cheese and stir until it becomes batter-like, adding more ale as needed.

4. 4

   Stir in salt and mustard, and let it bubble while stirring.

5. 5

   Serve with bread or toast.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bachelor and the chafing dish (1895) by Deshler Welch, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Two pounds of fresh American cheese should be in 6 The Bachelor and the Chafing-dish. readiness, well cut up or grated. First put into the dish, immediately over the fire, a lump of butter about the size of an egg. Rub this around in the pan until it begins to simmer. Now add to this a smooth teaspoon of paprika, a couple of table- spoons of beer or ale, and mix well with a spoon. Empty the cheese into this and manipulate it well until it becomes the consistency of batter, mean- while adding more ale by degrees. Put in a modi- cum of salt, and either a tablespoonful of prepared English mustard or two of the French, and stir well until the cheese begins to bubble. There are some people who like the added flavor of Worces- tershire sauce. I never had a rabbit become stringy if, at this stage, I took care of it and let it thor- oughly cook while stirring. Have your bread or toast ready, and with a fork plunge each piece into the rabbit, thoroughly covering it, and then quickly serve on a heated plate. I do not think it makes much difference whether ale or beer is used — in fact, milk is an excellent substitute. Paprika is preferable to red pepper. It actually helps to digest the cheese. Ale or beer is the only thing that should be drunk in accompaniment. Many a Welsh rabbit

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