This recipe for stovetop mac and cheese will get a testers selection designation for its ease in preparation and creaminess. Additionally for its versatility in cheese choices. Whereas I really like custards and wealthy meals, the custardy texture of this macaroni and cheese was a bit a lot. I served this dish with a spinach and arugula salad and pickled cauliflower. This helped offset the creamy richness of the cheese sauce and balanced the flavors.
I like to recommend cautious consideration to the blending of the custard into the buttered macaroni because the custard will curdle simply if overcooked. Mine got here collectively in 5 minutes to simply the proper consistency on induction 4 setting. Given this potential concern, this recipe additionally doesn’t lend itself as a leftover. I saved a bowl deliberately for the next day and warmed it up coated within the microwave. The sauce undoubtedly misplaced its authentic sheen and creaminess. It’s a one-time scorching meal and never a microwaveable work lunch.
My cheese of selection was Pepper Jack as that’s what I had at dwelling. I used piri-piri sauce as the recent sauce known as for within the recipe. The flavour was attention-grabbing and scorching however not overly spicy.
As for the topping, I had each intention of constructing the bread crumb topping and knew it could work as a result of I’ve used this course of many instances. Nevertheless, I had a field of Parmesan cheese sticks that got here flying out of the cupboard touchdown at my toes. Not solely was this probably a “signal” that I ought to use these, but in addition there was important breakage and instantaneous crumbs that simply lent themselves to this software. I crushed these additional and used them as a topping, 1 tablespoon per bowl of their already crispy state. I’ll undoubtedly use this trick once more in different functions.
Will I make this recipe once more? Completely. There’s at all times room within the mac & cheese repertoire for a recipe that simply takes a bit longer than the boxed selection. Luscious, custardy mac & cheese in half-hour.
