Renée's Super Cheesy Nachos
On Episode 4 of The Canteen Cooks, Renée shares her love of nachos. She goes a little over the top with her ultimate super-duper cheesy version. In this video, you will learn recipes for a basic, yet delicious guacamole and velvety queso cheese sauce that'll be sure to give your heart a workout. We've included the recipes below:
GUACAMOLE
Ingredients:
2 ripe avocados, pitted, peeled & mashed
1 lime, juiced
2 tbsp tomatillo salsa (we used the President's Choice storebought version)
2 tsp kosher salt
Directions:
Mashup avocados until chunky. Add lemon juice, tomatillo salsa, and a healthy pinch of salt. Combine until guacamole is chunky but loose. Cover with plastic wrap if you don't plan on using it right away
QUESO CHEESE SAUCE
Ingredients:
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup AP flour
3 cups whole (3%) milk
2 cups melting cheese (we used scamorza)
1 tbsp pickled jalapeno juice
salt & pepper; to taste
Directions:
Melt butter over medium heat then add flour. Stir vigorously for several minutes until the mixture starts to bubble. Continue to stir until slightly toasty. Add cold milk and continue to whisk to ensure that there are no lumps. Continue to cook until the mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon. Add cheese and pickled jalapeno juice until the mixture is melted and smooth.
ASSEMBLY
Layer the ingredients in the order below. There are no specific measurements, so do it to your own liking. Renée went wild in this video, so you want to be slightly more conservative. :)
1 - tortilla chips
2 - queso
3 - chili (optional) - Renee's recipe is coming soon
4 - pickled jalapenos, sliced (store-bought versions can work well)
5 - mix of scamorza, old cheddar & havarti (or any other mild melting cheese), grated
6 - a few tablespoons of pico de gallo (great recipe here: https://natashaskitchen.com/pico-de-g...)
7 - a solid scattering of curtido (optional)
Repeat layers 1-7 a second time. Finish with: a healthy scoop of guacamole a healthy scoop of full-fat sour cream a shower of your favourite hot sauce some torn up cilantro
SOUR GUIDE:
Sour Beast Cutido - Offbeat Farm (https://offbeetfarm.com/sourbeast)
Roma Cheese Scamorza (https://www.facebook.com/Roma-Cheese-...)
