Macaroni & Cheese
Jan. 16th, 2008 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fancytalkI'm going to let this one count as a recipe post even though I've made it before.
I like macaroni & cheese, but all of my tries to make it from scratch have turned into garbage disposal meals. I stopped eating that stuff that comes in the little blue box because it tastes funky and moved over to Annie's. There happen to be several foods that I used to enjoy that now have a similar funky taste. Whether the taste was always there or not, I'm not sure. I'll just take it as my body telling me that I really shouldn't eat what's in the box or can. I saw a Good Eats episode with Mr. Brown making mac & cheese. Since I believe Alton can make most anything taste good, I decided to trust that his recipe would turn out edible. So I tried the Baked Macaroni & Cheese recipe. Yummy! But since Ronette really wanted the blue box stove top version, I tested Alton's Stove Top Mac & Cheese. Delicious! I keep making it because it's that good. So here's the recipe for everyone else to try.
Stove Top Mac & Cheese
1/2 pound elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
6 ounces evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper
3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
10 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente and drain. Return to the pot and melt in the butter. Toss to coat.
Whisk together the eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and mustard. Stir into the pasta and add the cheese. Over low heat continue to stir for 3 minutes or until creamy.
My Notes: I double the amount of pasta because I think that the sauce is too soupy with only 1/2 pound. I also use brown rice elbow macaroni or spelt macaroni and it works beautifully. I've served it this way to die hard "pasta is made from wheat only" people who never realized it was any different. Oh yeah, and I put hot sauce in to taste.
I like macaroni & cheese, but all of my tries to make it from scratch have turned into garbage disposal meals. I stopped eating that stuff that comes in the little blue box because it tastes funky and moved over to Annie's. There happen to be several foods that I used to enjoy that now have a similar funky taste. Whether the taste was always there or not, I'm not sure. I'll just take it as my body telling me that I really shouldn't eat what's in the box or can. I saw a Good Eats episode with Mr. Brown making mac & cheese. Since I believe Alton can make most anything taste good, I decided to trust that his recipe would turn out edible. So I tried the Baked Macaroni & Cheese recipe. Yummy! But since Ronette really wanted the blue box stove top version, I tested Alton's Stove Top Mac & Cheese. Delicious! I keep making it because it's that good. So here's the recipe for everyone else to try.
Stove Top Mac & Cheese
1/2 pound elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
6 ounces evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper
3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
10 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded
In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente and drain. Return to the pot and melt in the butter. Toss to coat.
Whisk together the eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and mustard. Stir into the pasta and add the cheese. Over low heat continue to stir for 3 minutes or until creamy.
My Notes: I double the amount of pasta because I think that the sauce is too soupy with only 1/2 pound. I also use brown rice elbow macaroni or spelt macaroni and it works beautifully. I've served it this way to die hard "pasta is made from wheat only" people who never realized it was any different. Oh yeah, and I put hot sauce in to taste.
