Give me your best mac and cheese recipe

[7costanza]

I'm looking for a really good homemade Mac and cheese recipe for dinner tonight. I've never made it before, but it was requested by my dad for his birthday dinner.

I have on hand:
-8 oz smoked Gouda
-8 oz white cheddar
-16 oz medium yellow cheddar
-bacon
-cream, milk and butter for a béchamel sauce

My H likes the crispy top, so I plan on baking with buttered breadcrumbs.

[hamster]

I made lasagnasshole s recipe and added panko on top for crunch. Nom nom nom.

[awkwardpenguin]

I like this one: markbittman.com/sunday-supper-baked-macaroni-and-cheese/

[Deleted]

Alton Brown's recipe is great.

[7costanza]

Thank you all! I'm so excited to try these, and I actually googled lassagnasshole Mac and cheese, and found the original recipe from like 2011!

[monsterz]

And if you don't want to make it from scratch there is always this:
store.beechershandmadecheese.com/p-212-mac-and-cheese-with-roasted-poblanos-and-chicken.aspx

[t]

This is my favorite. www.marthastewart.com/271998/perfect-macaroni-and-cheese

[delawarejen]

This one's a favorite on ML: pandce.proboards.com/thread/257195/gift-ml

[heythere]

Mar 25, 2014 20:35:25 GMT -5 delawarejen said:

This one's a favorite on ML: pandce.proboards.com/thread/257195/gift-ml

Another vote for this one.

[grosnl19]

Tagging for the future :-)

[MixedBerryJam]

Probably moot now, but I think you have the cheeses just about right. Mac & cheese is always better with smoked gouda in there. I saute some grated onion in butter (maybe 4T) for just a couple of minutes, then add 4T flour to make a roux, then add the milk and cheeses to make the sauce. I usually season with some mustard powder and smoked sweet paprika. Oh, and I usually add diced ham when I'm mixing in the pasta.

Panko really is the secret, though. Buttered panko mixed with some grated cheddar spread on top.

[audette]

I have never made mac and cheese from scratch.


But, tonight I made something called "Cheese Goo" by some buddies. Usually it disappears quite quickly, but some of my guests this evening were unable to make it out, and I have a bunch left over. I'm thinking of trying to turn it into mac and cheese, but am not sure how to make that happen. The cheese goo is basically butter and cheese (cream cheese and brie) melted together into something that is the consistency of a thick sauce.

Can I just thin this cheese goo down with cream/milk, and mix it with cooked pasta and bake? (with breadcrumbs or such on top?) It's thick enough that at room temperature it can stand a spoon in it...