… and 4, NOT 5 year old cheddar!
… my favourite dish/way of utilizing leftover chili (especially on a cold, blustery, wintry day) … well, maybe not … LOVE chili dogs too … chili cheese fries, spaghetti chilignese (just made that shit up, so don’t be pilfering … at least give credit where it’s due if ya do) are motherfucking awesome as well … shit, now I’m confused/over-thinking it, lol. This was day five of the chili (still have enough for day six, AND I did freeze some, so I can enjoy those chili dogs for a quick meal). In my Le Creuset stoneware I layered basmati rice (leftover too, of course … be sure to add extra water/liquid as it tends to greedily sop up moisture) and an equal layer of the chili, with a generous layer of cheddar topping it all. Bake it hot and long to really get the cheese bubbling, and with blackened little crispy bits beginning to form around the edge … this means you’re done. A couple of pics y’all. Know it’s hard to visualize (individual) portion-wise, but trust me they’re perfect … served in my newly and proudly purchased terra-cotta chili/soup bowls handmade in Portugal. Sliced & spatula-ed, sour creamed & served … alongside a FROSTY (today at least, lol) tall cool one … lighten up baby I’m in love with you!!
… for TWO, lol!! Only Tiff K and I … way more than we need … and that we can eat (HELLO – leftovers, lol), and despite it’s only us, pride myself on presentation … still love putting forth an effort!!
Meat: oven baked capicollo, Leoncini mortadella, Hungarian salami, bressola, lachsschinken, prociutto soppressa, oven roasted Tuscany ham.
Cheese: Jarlsberg, creamy Havarti, double Glouchester, Jensen extra old cheddar.
… Hmm, hope I remembered all of it … oh, and of course served with my beloved OMG focaccia family style … mangia mangia!!
pic 1 …
pic 2 – DAMN, shouda lit the votives, my bad …