Rarebit Crepes

'Leftovers ain't ever looked so good'

These came about because we had made too much beer based white sauce for Sunday dinner and as such had a good base to make a quick welsh rarebit style sauce. I'm going to be honest i'm reposting the welsh rarebit recipe for that element of the dish but the outcome is quite distance from the previous recipe.

The rarebit

Cheddar cheese (150-200g per person, grated)

Beer (not carling, a dark er beer We used a plumb porter)

Mustard (English or wholegrain)

Hendersons relish (or lea and perrins if you’re unlucky)

Flour

Butter

Salt and pepper (black pepper)

Toast.

1. First make a roux by melting about a wooden spoonful of butter in a heavy bottomed oven safe pan then stirring in a roughly equal amount of flour then cooking on a low heat for approximately one verse of american pie (when I’m singing it)
2. Take the pan off the heat and slowly add your beer and a good amount of mustard (whatever this means to you) until you form a smooth paste. Return this to the heat and cook it until it begins to thicken, keep adding beer until you end up with something approaching the consistency of mashed potatoes.
3. Add your cheese and Henderson's relish. Stir until the cheese melts. When the cheese is melted you are done. Taste and season.

The Onions 

Onions (sliced into semicircles, I think half an onion per person is about right)
Hendersons relish
Butter
rosemary (less than a teaspoon, about half?)
salt and pepper

1. Saute the onions low and slow in the butter until they soften, then turn the heat up a little and let the onions develop some real colour. 
2. Season the onions with salt pepper and a small amount of rosemary. 
3. Deglase with a good sprinkle of Henderson's relish. scrape the bottom of the pan with he wooden spoon   

Pancakes and Construction

Your usual English pancake batter (Flour, Eggs, Milk)

oil or butter for frying 

1. Keep your rarebit warm. 
2. Heat your oil in a frying pan (or whatever pan you use for pancakes)
3. Add your oil then add a ladle of batter erring maybe slightly on the thin side. 
4. Allow your pancake to cook fully on the first side then flip it allow to cook on the second side. 
5. When the second side is cooked place the presentation side down spread some of the rarebit over one side of the pancake and top with some of your onions. Fold the pancake then serve
6. Do this as many times as you want rarebit pancakes.