I'm looking to make some mac and cheese from scratch (not the macaroni) the next while, you guys got any other tips? First chicken plucker to say blue box is getting kooked.
NYTimes has this listed as "the best", for whatever that's worth to you.
Ingredients:
1 cup fresh bread crumbs from French or Italian bread 2 teaspoons salt, plus a pinch
1 ½ tablespoons melted butter, plus 4 tablespoons butter at room temperature ½ pound elbow macaroni
2 large eggs 12 ounces evaporated milk, heated until warm
¼ teaspoon hot red-pepper sauce ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard, dissolved in 1 teaspoon water 10 to 12 ounces mild cheddar cheese, grated
PREPARATION
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place a 1 1/2-quart heat-proof dish, such as a souffle pan, in oven to warm.
2.In a small baking pan, combine bread crumbs, a pinch of salt and the melted butter. Mix well and set aside.
3.In a large pot, bring 8 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt and the macaroni. Cook until almost tender but still a little firm to the bite. Drain and transfer to preheated dish. Stir in remaining 4 tablespoons of butter.
4.In a small bowl, combine eggs, 1 cup of the evaporated milk, the pepper sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt, the black pepper and the mustard mixture. Mix well. Pour egg mixture over macaroni. Add 3/4 of the cheese, and stir until thoroughly combined and cheese starts to melt.
5.Place dish of macaroni and cheese in the oven, and bake for 5 minutes. Remove dish from oven and add about half of the remaining evaporated milk, and half of the remaining cheese. Stir well, and return pan to oven. Bake 5 minutes longer, remove pan from oven, and stir thoroughly. If mixture does not look moist and creamy, add a little more of the milk and cheese. Return to oven for an additional 20 minutes, removing pan from oven halfway through to stir in remaining evaporated milk and cheese.
6.While macaroni is baking, add pan of bread crumbs to oven. Bake until bread crumbs are toasted and golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. When macaroni has baked, sprinkle surface with toasted bread crumbs, and serve immediately. *End of recipe*
Sounds good and pretty easy, and not really any crazy/expensive ingredients. Sorry for all the cut and paste. I would just link to the recipe, but I think the food section doesn't work unless you have a subscription to the site. My mom recently made some really good Alfredo from a recipe on their site.
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