Welsh Froise Recipes

WELSH COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, zest, nutmeg and salt in a medium bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture looks sandy. Stir in the currants. Beat the eggs and 2 tablespoons of the buttermilk together. Stir into the dry ingredients to make a shaggy dough, add more buttermilk if the dough is dry. Gather dough into a disk, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Roll the dough on a floured workspace into a piece about 1/4-inch thick. Cut into 2 to 3- inch rounds.
• Heat a griddle or frying pan over medium-low heat. Brush the pan surface with butter. Cook the cookies until slightly brown and cooked through, about 4 to 5 minutes on each side. Transfer to a rack, sprinkle with sugar and cool. Store in a cookie tin.

TRADITIONAL WELSH RAREBIT

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan oven low heat. Add flour and whisk for 2 to 3 minutes, being careful not to brown the flour. Whisk in Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, and pepper until very smooth. Whisk in beer. Pour in heavy cream and whisk until smooth. Add Cheddar cheese gradually, stirring constantly, until melted and smooth, about 5 minutes.
• Remove cheese sauce from the heat and let cool, about 5 minutes. Whisk in egg yolks.
• Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Toast bread slices on 1 side. Arrange on a baking sheet with the untoasted side facing up. Spoon cheese sauce over the untoasted side.
• Place under the preheated broil until bubbling and golden, 2 to 3 minutes.

WELSH FROISE

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together, making a thin batter.
• Pour like pancakes on a hot, greased griddle.
• Add a few currants in the middle of batter while frying.
• Brown on both sides. Put on plate and spread with butter and sugar.
• Stack like pancakes, then use a sharp knife and cut into quarters.

WELSH CREPES (FFROIS)

Steps:

• Put the flour, salt, eggs, and milk in a bowl and beat at medium speed until blended. The mixture will be a thin batter.
• Prepare a non sticking pan of desired size by melting a small amount of oil or shortening to cover the bottom (the fat should be hot). Pour a scant 3 Tablespoons of batter into the pan, tipping it so that it coats the bottom. Sprinkle all over with 1/2 Tablespoon currants. Cook the first side until it is a golden brown. Turn the crepe with a spatula and cook the other side.
• Turn the crepe out onto a large plate, sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice, and roll up.
• Crepes can also be piled up and sliced in portions like a cake. Continue with remaining batter. Keep crepes warm in a 200°F oven. This recipe will make a dozen or more.