MY DEVIL MAY CARE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

MY DEVIL MAY CARE GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH

 

I was really bored in the evening and tired as well of eating all the healthy stuff so I thought of treating myself to a sandwich.Now,this wasn’t any normal sandwich.It was a deadly cheese overload sandwich(errrr….ya there goes my new new year resolution!!).But it was worth every crumb I wiped clean off my plate.

INGREDIENTS:(makes 1)

2 slices of white bread

2 slices of cheddar cheese

1 tbsp finely grated parmesan cheese

2 slices of mozzarella cheese

1 tbsp mayonaisse

4 slices of tomato

4 slices of peppered chicken mortadella/salami

A big leaf of iceberg lettuce

Pinch of chilli flakes

1 tbsp butter

METHOD-

Take a pan and low heat it.

Meanwhile,butter the bread slices on one side of each bread.

In the pan,first place the buttered slice face down.

Then,quickly spread ½  tbsp of mayo along with a slice of cheddar cheese,mozzarella cheese slice and ½ tbsp of parmesan cheese.

Sprinkle chilli flakes also add the tomato slices,mortadella slices,torn iceberg lettuce leaves and again repeat with the cheeses i.e the rest of parmesan cheese,mozzarella slices and finally cheddar cheese slice along with the rest of mayo.

Put the second buttered slice on top of the cheeses.

Press the sandwich down and when the buttered side turns golden brown,flip the sandwich carefully and grill till all the cheese melted and bread is crisp and golden brown.

As a side i made some spicy homemade fries for an added spice kick.

ORANGE AND COCONUT CUPCAKES

ORANGE AND COCONUT CUPCAKES

I was bored of baking the usual cupcakes so this time I thought of making some orange flavoured cupcakes with dessicated coconut on top.I did not have any whipped cream in hand so I made a little syrup of orange juice which gave the cupcakes a nice tang.

INGREDIENTS-(makes 14)

1 ½ cup refined flour

1 ½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

Pinch of salt

½ cup castor sugar

1/3^rd  cup melted butter

1 large egg

3/4^th cup fresh orange juice

1tsp orange essence

Grated zest of 1 orange

TOPPING-

1 cup orange juice

1tbsp castor sugar

1tsp lemon juice

2 ½ tsp cornflour

1 cup dessicated coconut

METHOD-

Preheat the oven to 180 C.

Prepare the cupcake moulds.

Sieve all the dry ingredients excluding the sugar i.e the flour,baking powder,baking soda,salt.

Then,whisk with a beater the egg and sugar.

When fluffy add the other ingredients i.e melted cooled butter,orange juice,orange essence as well as the zest of an orange.

Mix well.

Then,add the dry ingredients in the wet orange mix.

Fold in till the batter is mixed thoroughly and free of any lumps.

Bake for 10-15 min or remove when a skewer inserted comes out clean without any wet batter.

Remove from mould and let cool.

FOR THE TOPPING-

In a pan,add the 3/4^th cup of orange juice,sugar,lemon juice and heat it.

Meanwhile,mix cornflour with the remaining orange juice and add it to the pan.

Keep stirring till the mix thickens to a syrup consistency(it should coat the back of a spoon).

Remove from heat and cool.

ASSEMBLING-

Take the cooled cupcakes and cover the top with the orange syrup and dip the tops in dessicated coconut.