5 Cheese Macaroni
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| Categories: | Pasta Sides, Quick & Easy |
| Collections: | Member's Choice, Perfect Pastas |
| Serves: | 10 |
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Ingredients
| 1 (16 ounc bx | elbow macaroni |
| 1 stk | butter |
| 1 c | shredded muenster cheese |
| 1 c | shredded cheddar cheese |
| 1 c | shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese |
| 1 c | shredded monterey jack cheese |
| 8 oz | cubed processed cheese food (velveta) |
| 1 1/2 c | half-and-half |
| 2 | eggs |
| 1/4 tsp | salt |
| 1/8 tsp | ground black pepper |
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jenifer carnegieFull FlavoredMuskegon, MI (pop. 38,401)jenneMember Since Oct 2010jenifer's Notes:
Whether it is a summer picnic or Christmas dinner, all year around, my family asks me to bring the macaroni and cheese. EVERYONE loves how rich and creamy it is!
Comments from the Test Kitchen:
Now this is some serious mac & cheese! For me, the more cheese the merrier, and this recipe hits just the right notes of cheesy goodness. It's a wonderfully classic dish with a fun modern twist. Try it and it just may become your go-to mac & cheese!
Directions
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain well and return to cooking pot. Add the stick of butter and mix it into the macaroni evenlyIn a large bowl, combine the Muenster cheese, mild and sharp Cheddar cheeses, Monterey Jack cheese and proccessed cheese ; combine cheeses well then add it to the noodles and again mix wellPreheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).Im a small bowl, combine the half and half, eggs and salt and pepper. Mix this thoroughly. Pour this into the noodle and cheese dish. Be sure to coat all of the noodles and cheese with the half and half mixure. Transfer to a lightly greased deep 2 1/2 quart casserole dish or 9x13Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes or until hot and bubbling around the edges; serve and ENJOY!!!
Comments
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Jennifer McConnell
Shutterbug81
Dec 11, 2010
Jenifer, I'm going to have to try this. My mother has always forbid boxed mac n cheese in her house, so growing up we always had homemade...to this day I can't stand the taste of the boxed stuff!!!
She does hers a bit differently, same ingredients without the the Muenster (it sounds wonderful with it though), and uses heavy cream, butter, salt, lots of pepper, and flour to make a rue, adding the cheese to the rue when it's a thick enough white sauce, and then adding to the noodles and baking.........Similar to a sausage gravy white sauce minus the sausage of course.....I love how it tastes, but it's so much extra work that I don't make it very often. Your version seems a little easier to make, and the 3 different cheeses sound delightful together!!! Gonna try this later next week! Thanks!
She does hers a bit differently, same ingredients without the the Muenster (it sounds wonderful with it though), and uses heavy cream, butter, salt, lots of pepper, and flour to make a rue, adding the cheese to the rue when it's a thick enough white sauce, and then adding to the noodles and baking.........Similar to a sausage gravy white sauce minus the sausage of course.....I love how it tastes, but it's so much extra work that I don't make it very often. Your version seems a little easier to make, and the 3 different cheeses sound delightful together!!! Gonna try this later next week! Thanks!
jenifer carnegie
jenne
Dec 13, 2010
@Jennifer - Since I found this recipe, my kids wont eat the boxed mac n cheese anymore. I am not typically a proccessed cheese fan (it bothers me that it sits on a shelf and requires no refridgeration) but it is such a great addition 2 this cheese combination.
It was important 2 me 2 find a mac n cheese recipe that was delicious, creamy, easy AND required NO RUE. I tend 2 avoid recipes using rues - I am not very good at making it as mine seems either 2 raw (and u taste the flour) or over done. This recipe is so simple AND its sure 2 make u the rockstar at ur party!
@Stephanie - Trust me, once u try this, u will never want another kind of mac n cheese
Let me know what u guys think after u have made it ..... Thnx so much
It was important 2 me 2 find a mac n cheese recipe that was delicious, creamy, easy AND required NO RUE. I tend 2 avoid recipes using rues - I am not very good at making it as mine seems either 2 raw (and u taste the flour) or over done. This recipe is so simple AND its sure 2 make u the rockstar at ur party!
@Stephanie - Trust me, once u try this, u will never want another kind of mac n cheese
Let me know what u guys think after u have made it ..... Thnx so much
Jennifer McConnell
Shutterbug81
Dec 13, 2010
lol Jenifer, I actually enjoy recipes that use a Rue, and make them often.... S.O.S., Sausage n Gravy, and even my fabulous fully loaded baked potato soup uses a rue...... But with Mac n Cheese, it just makes things more difficult, as I never measure (rarely at least), and just eyeball everything, and I always tend to make more cheese mixture using the rue than I actually need, and end up wasting a lot of it when I find I've made too much. So much easier your way!!! lol
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