MIdnight snack - welsh rarebit

Stokesy and I had a hankering for a little late-night sustenance so decided to try a traditional Welsh Rarebit, it is essentially cheese on toast for people with too much time of their hands.

Here's what you need:

• 4 slices bread
• big knob of butter
• 1 leek, finely sliced
• 2 handfuls of grated cheddar - we used the IOM Creamery black peppercorn one
• 2 tsp worcester sauce
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp mustard

Toast your bread while you make the topping. Sweat the leeks in the butter til soft. In a bowl combine the rest of the ingredients, then add the leeks, it should be a mushy paste (ours looked rather unappetising at this point). Then just spread the mix over your toast and lash it under the grill til it's lovely golden brown.

I couldn't decide which sauce to have so tried tommy sauce, brown sauce and Reggae Reggae with it. The Reggae was top of the list for me. Hey check out my super-glam slippers, Nigella you have no competition from me.

Inside the Creamery

The first rule of the Creamery Research Panel is: you do not talk about the Research Panel. The second rule is: you DO NOT talk about the Research Panel

Here you can see my cheese hamper, reward for giving my highly respected views (stop sniggering at the back please) about dairy products. Black peppercorn is my favourite at the moment. I had old-school cheese on toast last night, cooked by Basil, thanks Basil! Me and Stokesy had been out on the bike all day and I was too snoozy to make my own food. Basil brought round lasagne and....... Angel Delight!!!!.....My god, I didn't realise that anyone ate that stuff anymore. Tempted though I was I managed to resist and settled for things unable to withstand nuclear holocaust.