Macaroni and Cheese - Recipe

Macaroni and Cheese

Here's my basic macaroni and cheese recipe.  You can do so much with this.  This is basically a cheese sauce, that you combine with noodles.  Once you get the basics of the cheese sauce, you can make that with other things too...like creamed spinach!  Please share your variations; I'd love to hear what you've made.  The YouTube video will be listed under separate entry.

Ingredients

1 lb elbow macaroni

2 cups heavy cream (or half-and-half, evaporated milk, whole milk)

1 cup pasta water

1 stick melted butter

1-2 Tbsp flour

1/4 cup sour cream

4 cups of shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

• Boil macaroni noodles. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water after noodles are done boiling.
• Combine melted butter and flour in stock pot over medium-high heat.  Combine with whisk until it begins to boil.  Do not overcook.
• Slowly pour in heavy cream.  Bring to boil until cream mixture begins to thicken.  Turn off heat.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Stir in shredded cheese.  Combine pasta water a 1/4 cup at a time as needed to achieve desired consistency.
• Pour into 13 x 9 baking dish (sprayed with cooking spray).
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes (until bubbling).

NOTES:

You can use any cheese you'd like.  Nice variations are smoked gouda, gruyere, Havarti, etc.  ALL cheese is your friend!

Happy Cooking,

Chef Lorious