Not for them skinny bitches Mac n' Cheese
2:20 PM
Hello there pals! Our first recipe is a personal fave as it
comes from the land of lard and goodness. It’s a mac n’ cheese recipe so rich
and creamy, it’ll have you unbuttoning your pants after two bites but even then
you won’t put your fork down. If you’re on a diet, you can’t eat this. If you’re
not on a diet, you should be after you’re done. It’s so fattening and yummy, we
just had to call it the “Not for them skinny bitches mac n’ cheese.”
We made a pretty enormous amount and not even four of us
could finish it. So if you’re cooking for only one or two people I’d suggest
scaling it back a lot. It’ll still taste just as good!
To conquer this culinary feat (aka to cook this decently
simple dish) you will need the following:
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16 ounces of pasta
·
1 pint of half and half or heavy cream
·
3 tablespoons of butter
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1..5 tablespoons of flour
·
1/3 pound of gouda
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1 cup of mozzarella
·
¼ pound of cheddar (we used white but if you
want to use yellow, we won’t judge)
·
¼ pound of Havarti
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Salt and pepper to taste
·
Panko breadcrumbs to taste
Start by boiling water for your pasta and setting your oven
to 425 to preheat. While you’re waiting on those, you can start your sauce by
melting the butter in a saucepan on medium heat. Once it’s melted and starting
to bubble a little, add the flower and mix it in. Congrats! You just made a
roux.
How fancy and French of you. For those of you who aren’t savvy with haute
kitchen terminology, a roux is a mixture of flour and fat and is a basis for a
lot of sauces used in French cuisine because of its ability to thicken the
sauce. Once you have stirred it up let the roux cook for about a minute before
you add your cream. Mix and stir and wait! You’ll see the sauce thicken and
hear your stomach rumble in anticipation.
You know what’s next. IT’S CHEESE
TIME BITCHES! Toss all that cheese in. Turn down the heat to low because cheese
won’t need a very high temp to melt. Salt and pepper to taste. One idea is to
add paprika if you like that smoked flavor. I don’t so I didn’t but if you do,
go nuts. Hopefully your pasta is done at this point (if not, don’t worry. Just
turn off the sauce and finish the pasta). Strain it and pour it into a baking
pan or a casserole dish. Something deep that can fit all of the pasta. Pour
that saucy goodness all up in there and mix it in really nice. Yeah baby, just
like that. Whoa sorry, that got a little weird.
Anyway, sprinkle some more
cheese on top and then the breadcrumbs. Some people like to spray PAM on top so
that the breadcrumbs get all golden and crunchy but to be honest, with all the
fat oozing out of the cheese sauce the breadcrumbs will do that on their own.
Pop it in the oven for about 15 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are golden.
Take it out and wait for about 5 minutes because the cheese will be bubbling
and will straight up burn the skin out of your mouth if you dig in immediately.
Have patience. It will pay off.
Now eat it all!
Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did. Post comments!
We want to hear your variations.
Stay classy my friends.
K&C
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