Friday, August 27, 2010

Miracle Mac and cheese - The Diva Secret Weapon

Tashi's bowl them over / get over a break up- cant believe i dated a looser for that long / deal with pms and or menopause / except that work sometimes sux / deal with the Michael Jackson loss / except the ANC government as your cabinet / deal with taxi drivers/ ask for forgiveness / Except that jimmy choos and paris fashion week couture is unaffordable and be happy with the copies / alternative to expensive shoe shopping / count the calories later its winter/ celebrate culinary therapy (otherwise known as comfort eating) ----

macaroni and cheese recipe :
ingredients :

1 packet woolies macaroni (dnt you dare do for the healthy wholewheat option )
1 block mild chedder ( yes a whole block! )
 1 (1.5 Ltr) fullcream milk
 1.5 CUPS WHITE FLOUR 0.5 BRICK BUTTER SALT TO TASTE
loads of passion (negative energy preferably for the sauce and cheese chopping )
1 SMALL AMC POT OF MUMS TAMATOE CHUTNEY ( TAMATOE GREEN CHILLIES AND ONIONS )PS SAVE TIME GET YOUR MUM TO DO THIS BEFORE HAND
BUT IF SHE CAN’T DO IT YOUR SELF ITS BASIC

ACCESSORY INGEDIENTs
 7 YEAR OLD CLEVER KID ( PREFERABLY THE SPUNKY CONFIDENT KIND NO NERDS PLEASE ) WHO APPRECIATES GOOD PASTA (FOR TESTING PURPOSES :-)

 green tea

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Method :

step one :
u better wash you hands !
step two :
get someone to boil the pasta before hand or another option is you live alone do it yourself but put the stove on 6 so its quick pasta should be (al dentE) by that i mean not soft but not raw find a haPpy medium
step 3 :
the chutney this is easy- get a parent to do a whole lot and freeze it or do it fresh youRself
remember to use jam tamatoes strong chillies and fresh onion
step four: the white sauce
melt the butter in a good pot (make sure its clean no rust)
add the flour mix and watch it go golden
smash it up with a fork SIMMER BUT DNT BURN
now add the milk
dnt stress if its lumpy
(get a patatoe smasher smash and stir -it gets rid of all the lumps)
PS its at this point that the recipes name originates and makes sense you keep thinking of all the things in the name and that helps to get the sauce smooth and thick )
make sure your stove is on high for this
watch it thicken
(trust me it gets thick)
keep stiring now thats key the more you stir the better the white sauce
lastly take half a block of cheese AND START CHOPPING !
dnt be dainty about this chop it up with a really sharp knife (think of what ever you want at this point the cheese is your release )
add the chopped up cheese to the sauce and stir till its melted ps if you lift the sauce and you see the cheese strings appear then you know you gota good sauce
step 5 :
combining it all
in goes the boiled mac preferably cooled
the tamatoe chutney
and the glorius white sauce
the more white sauce the better so pour it all in
mix it good but be gentle and try not to smash up the pasta
shake the casserole dish just to set it
at this point take out a little and give it to the 7 year old to taste
if she approves you know you gota good base
indications here are that kids tend to smile alot and be brutally honest
words like : hmmm wait my mummy has to taste this .... wow thats super
usually means you got it right
step 6 :
the cheese
grate a lot and i mean alot of mild chedder ontop
till the dish looks like the entire thing is yellow
some ppl use bread crumbs but i think they fooling themselves dont be stingy ppl
step 7 :
preheated oven at 180 degrees
watch isidingo the news take a bath
basicly forget its there for like an hour
untill the cheese goes brown and crispy at the sides
step 8 : serve
warning people tend to become very attatched to there mac and cheese after that
if they start fighting over it relax keep calm and take no responsibility
tip is put some away before serving in a little margarine container coz chances are this is going be your last chance to do it
step 9 : the morning after
if the entire family are hovelled around the mac and cheese leftover in the morning once again assume no responsibility quietly take your margarine container smile at them and think man im so sharp ! 
step 10 : the green tea
now this off course is to cleanse your system of the access calories and calorie overload you caused it

warning never make this recipe more often then once in two months
there are real threats such as obesity and diabetes and cholesterol
but feel free to do it whenever you experience one or more of the scenarios mentioned in the name at any given time !

I’d love to know how your turned out
lots of love
Tashi

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