Sinisterly Delicious Mac and Cheese
This is the creamiest, cheesiest mac and cheese I ever had! Don't tell your cardiologist.
This is the creamiest, cheesiest mac and cheese I ever had! Don't tell your cardiologist.
- Carbohydrate 50.260525834875 g
- Cholesterol 326.5305 mg
- Fat 74.158754598375 g
- Fiber 1.81436950703621 g
- Protein 56.869864381 g
- Saturated Fat 45.9268166831125 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (362g)
- Sodium 1157.60248938958 mg
- Sugar 48.4461563278388 g
- Trans Fat 4.55588525032501 g
- Calories 1097 calories
Step-by-step
- Boil noodles to aldente
- Mix the noodles, butter, 5 bags cheese, eggs, s&p, and evaporated milk together and pour into 13x9 casserole. pour regular milk into casserole up to about 1/2" below the noodles (more if you want it a bit creamier). put pats of butter over the noodles and then sprinkle with the last bag of cheese. bake at 350 until desired doneness.
Undercooking pasta before it enters a heavy dairy bake leads to an unpleasantly chalky core, which is the primary error home cooks commit with this dish. Because elbow macaroni absorbs significant moisture while baking at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, boiling the noodles strictly until al dente prevents them from disintegrating into paste by the time the cheese emulsion sets. Balancing such a dense, fat-heavy casserole requires deliberate accompaniment choices.
- Pair the richness with raw, high-acid salads dressed in sharp vinegar to cut through the heavy milk proteins.
- Roasted bitter greens like rapini or radicchio provide a necessary textural and flavor counterpoint to the dense dairy.
- Swapping evaporated milk for heavy cream will yield a thicker sauce, but reducing the butter proportionally prevents the cheese from breaking into an oily slick.
- Monitor the oven closely during the final ten minutes of baking until the cheese topping develops a deep golden crust.
Proper resting for fifteen minutes after removal from the oven allows the dairy solids to firm up for clean slicing. Acidic pickles on the side cleanse the palate between bites of intense cheddar and colby.
