I made Welsh Rarebit on the fly the other night at my buddy's place while we were drinking beers and watching movies. It turned out great, I gotta say, though the texture was closer to a British pudding than a traditional Rarebit...
Pics aren't the best quality, but take a gander if you so will!
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Got a nice, crusty loaf of French Bread, sliced it in 2, and set it in a baking pan.
Preheated the oven to 375°
Got about a quarter pound of sharp Wisconsin cheddar and shredded it into a saucepan.
Poured a bottle of Pumpkin Spice Ale into the saucepan. It should be noted, this is far more beer than is typically suggested, but we didn't have a double boiler, so we needed more liquid to prevent the cheese from scalding.
Put the saucepan on medium-low heat and continually stirred until all the cheese was melted and the beer was mostly flat.
Stirred in about 1-2 tablespoons of coarse-ground, spicy German mustard and stirred until well blended.
Poured this mixture over the French Bread so it soaked through.
Sliced a very large Beefeaters tomato and layered overtop the Rarebit.
Placed in oven for 5 minutes.
Took out of oven and ladled sauce from the bottom of the pan over top the tomatoes.
Placed back in the oven for 5 minutes, rotated, baked for another 10 minutes.
Removed when most of the sauce in the bottom had reduced and the bread crust was nice and toasty.
Sliced pieces off and enjoyed!
Flash Leopold, UK Superhero, you know where I'm going with this by now...