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the goods 1 can (12 oz / 350ml) evaporated milk 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 1 packet (8oz / 225g) grated sharp cheddar cheese pepper pinch cayenne / hot paprika dash tabasco sauce
1 packet (1lb / 450g) pasta noodles (preferably rotelle
/ ruote wheel shaped shells) 1 packet (11oz / 310g) hot dogs / frankfurts
1 bag (1 lb / 450g) frozen peas
1/2 cup white bread crumbs
you will need:
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Easy Peasy Mac & Cheese This is going to get some bumpin' and humpin' going on in the trailer! Possibly the easiest and trashiest dish I've ever baked. Practically everything comes from a packet in the supermarket: 1 bag of grated cheese, 1 bag of frozen peas, 1 can of evaporated milk, 1 bag of hot dogs, 1 bag of pasta shells... Barely harder than making it from a single box, but disproportionately more delicious! Feel free to upgrade everything; a good cheese, fresh peas, smoked bacon instead of the hot dogs... But the one ingredient I insist upon is the wheel shaped pasta. They remind me of these snacks called 'U.F.O'S' that we had growing up and they lend this dish just the right amount of trashy nostalgia. Here we go: put a pot of water on for the pasta. Bring it to the boil and add a fistful of salt to it, pour in the noodles and give them a stir. pour the evaporated milk into the saucepan, and heat it until it starts to bubble. Remove from the heat and add the sour cream, cheddar and parmesan cheeses. Stir until they have melted. Add the pepper, cayenne and tabasco sauce. slice the hot dogs into 1/2 inch / 1.5cm rounds. drain the pasta as soon as it is al dente. Reserve about 1/4 cup of the water to stretch the sauce if needed.
toss the pasta
and cheese sauce together. Add the hot dogs and frozen
peas.
pour into the
oven dish, top with the bread crumbs and additional
parmesan cheese and bake in a hot oven until bubbling
and crispy.
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