Stir in salt, nutmeg, black pepper, cayenne pepper, 3 cups cheddar, and 1 1/2 cups Gruyere or 1 cup pecorino Romano. Continue cooking, whisking constantly, until the mixture bubbles and becomes thick. Slowly pour hot milk into flour-butter mixture while whisking. Melt remaining 6 tablespoons butter in a high-sided skillet over medium heat. In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, heat milk.
Pour butter into theīowl with bread, and toss. In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Butter a 3-quart casserole dish set aside. I can’t say whether the macaroni was a handicap or a performance enhancer. Michael, Dave - who grated all the cheese - and I ate nearly half the pan while playing Scrabble. I cut into the pan to find that while the crust was crispy, the inside was still a bit liquid, so that when a piece was served, the macaroni spread out a bit on the plate. Michael took it out of the oven when the bread-crumb topping had darkened to a perfect gold it may as well have been emanating That tiny degree of pastiness did not stop the crack-and-cheese. I still don’t know if I reached it, because once I stopped whisking and stirred in the shredded cheese - I chose Gruyere over pecorino - the sauce had the slightest floury texture to it. The thickness you need is still several minutes away. It’s tempting to think you’ve been standing there, whisking, for long enough, that the pre-cheese sauce is sufficiently thick. Some people seemed to dread making this white sauce (which, I gathered, was either a Bechamel or a close relative of one), because you have to stand at the stove for several minutes whisking milk with a flour-butter
Martha’s recipe, which could feed the entire von Trapp family, was very easy to follow, though - and this is a sticking point in the macaroni and cheese forums - it requires that you make a white Martha’s “crack-and-cheese,” so addictive were its properties. You also add a stick of butter and 5 1/2 cups of milk, and finish the whole thing with fresh bread crumbs.
Or pecorino Romano, which means big flavors and a relatively pricey trip to the store. Second, it calls for a combination of sharp cheddar and Gruyere First of all, the cheese-to-pasta ratio is pretty bodacious. Kept coming back to: Martha Stewart’s “Perfect Macaroni and Cheese.”Īs the name suggests, this is not a humble, modest, sit-by-the-sidelines macaroni and cheese. There were as many comments on a variety of blogs that repudiate all homemade versions in favor of the boxed Kraft product.īut there was one recipe that bloggers and commenters (see Smitten Kitchen or Serious Eats) Googling for recommendations led me to blog posts in which writers andĬommenters named Garten’s rendition as their favorite, praising it for its medley of cheeses. Another friend thought I should check out Alton Brown’s recipe, while anĮditor here suggested Ina Garten’s. My friend Mike endorsed Nancy Reagan’s macaroni and cheese recipe (Ronnie’s favorite) her secret touch isĪ bit of mustard powder.
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I also wanted to indulge in a mac with some bread crumbs on top, which Julia’s recipes deliberately omit. It would need to be something creamier and saucier, but without sacrificing the cheese. Though, like Julia, I wanted something cheesy, I knew deep down I wouldn’t be entirely happy with an end product that was too solid, a brick in which macaroni is suspended for all eternity in its cell of bakedĬheddar. The recipes sounded delicious but neither seemed to fit with what I envisioned I began my studies with Julia Moskin’s 2004 Times article on the topic, oft-cited in the blogosphere not just for the recipes, for the wealth of macaroni-and-cheese information contained within. I wanted to try a recipe that was roundly acknowledged to be one of the greatest, if not the best, a task I knew would require a bit of research. All cooking is chemistry, but great macaroni and cheese feels more like the work of alchemy. Almost everyone loves it.īut there are many variations on the basic architecture - elbow macaroni baked in a cheddar cheese sauce - and as many different notions of what the best, truest version is, if such a thing can even beĭetermined. It’s a classic, great for parties, a vegetarianĭish that leaves meat-eaters satisfied. It’s rich, flavorful and filling familiar but never dull.
Macaroni and cheese may seem to be a subject as straightforward as its flat, yellow-orange color. (Deb Perelman/ )Įmily continues her learn-to-cook quest with an American classic. Martha Stewart’s recipe lives up to its nickname.
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