Bit of a change on the Secret Project blog, we’re going into the world of food, and I do use that term loosely for this particular dish.  As always clicking on any of the images will open an extra-large version of said image, but I warn you: the following photographs may increase your cholesterol levels and spontaneously render you lactose intolerant.

“Suicidio Con Il Formaggio,” is what I would call this monstrosity, but then again my Italian always was a bit shit.  Florida resident Alden Mamann prefers to call it “Upside Down Mac & Cheese Pizza”, and it was his images on the This Is Why You’re Fat blog that inspired me, in a particularly self-destructive way, to attempt to make it.  As one of the few vegetarian dishes featured on that blog, it’s kismet that I happened to see it on a day I was in desperate need of some comfort food.

So without further ado, nor thought given to hardening arteries, here we go.

Ingredients: two cheese pizzas, two packages of mac n’ cheese, a can of pizza sauce and some mozzarella.

First prepare the mac n’ cheese as per the directions on the box.

While the pasta’s cooking I took the opportunity to start grating the mozzarella cheese.

I highly recommend listening to the relaxing tones of Jian Ghomeshi’s voice on Q while you make this dish – somehow it reassures you that there’s a chance you might just come out of this alive.

Scoop the mac n’ cheese over the first cheese pizza, and add a bit of pizza sauce.

Take cheese pizza number two and flip it on top, upside down.  Then add the rest of your pizza sauce, and your grated mozzarella cheese.

I don’t have a pizza stone, and most of the time I just place the pizza directly on the grill, but as this isn’t a pizza, it’s a crime against nature, I decided to put it on a cookie sheet – if only to save the bottom of the oven.

Here we go! 20 minutes later, it looks uh…well let’s be honest, it looks terrifying. I’m going to take Alden’s advice and let it sit for three or four minutes.

Well, there you have it.

What was the final verdict? I wasn’t sure what to expect to be honest, but I liked the taste well enough, and after getting halfway through my slice found myself thinking “this is rather filling.”

A two and a half pizza sandwich with mac n’ cheese middle? Yes, I think that “rather filling” sums it up quite nicely.  Experiment in gluttony over.  If anyone wants to come help me finish this off, post a comment and I’ll save you a slice.

P.S. For supper tonight, a salad.