Photo: Macaroni and Cheese
I found these recipes on Pinterest, and I’ve always wanted a good mac and cheese recipe, because I love the stuff, but I don’t want to use a box mix. This is my first attempt, and I’m not very happy with it. It curdled on me. There are comments in the recipe that suggest putting hot noodles or hot butter in will have this effect. If anything, my butter was too cold, but I did drain the noodles and dumped them in without allowing them to cool, so that could have done it.
I’ll give this recipe another chance, but I’m also going to keep looking.
Here’s a stove top quick recipe (I haven’t tried this one yet).
I’m begging, do you have a favorite scratch mac and cheese recipe? Please share.
Sorry, can’t help. But I wish I had a good recipe too. I try throw stuff together sometimes to make mac and cheese, but it never turns out quite right. I’ve never gone looking for recipes on pintrest, but that’s a good idea.
So far, recipes are the best part of Pinterest for me.
I love mac & cheese, too. I use my grandmother’s stovetop mac & cheese recipe (two pots—one for sauce, the other for pasta). It’s the only thing I can make with some semblance of success. It can take a while to make, and requires constant stirring, but it’s delicious.
Here’s the sauce recipe, if you care to try it:
In a medium saucepan, melt two tbls of butter on low heat.
—Add tbls flour and stir together.
—Add 1 cup (and a tad) of milk and stir until smooth.
—Add pepper and salt to taste (I never add salt)
—Bring mixture to a boil (don’t turn up the heat too much. It takes a while to get there) and boil for 1 to 2 minutes
—Add cheese (I usually buy a “brick” of extra sharp cheddar and slice it into squares) a little at a time, stirring constantly until melted
—Pour over hot unbuttered pasta
—Enjoy!
Thanks! That sounds good. I definitely want to give it a try.
Have you tried Alton Brown’s stove top mac and cheese? He uses evaporated milk instead of regular milk. In the episode he goes into science-y detail…but it’s my favorite no fail recipie for my fav comfort food.
No. I haven’t. I’ll need to head over and check it out.