From the article: Macaroni and Cheese
We all love to try different recipes, but there is usually an old favorite or family heirloom that we make time and time again. When you make your favorite macaroni and cheese, do you have a special ingredient or technique you can share? A special crumb topping, cooking technique, cheese combination, a great shortcut? Share it with others! Share Your Tips
Mac and cheese tip
- I use paprika in bread crumbs it gives it color and taste. I also use bacon bits and a 1/4 cup of finey chopped onion in the rouge. It gives that added full flavor. Yummmmmmm.
- —Guest Kim from Canada
Spicing
- Add a little cayenne pepper to it it gives a little hotness
- —Guest Zach
some more tips
- spice with chili powder for a great flavor with your macaroni. Another trick is to have a good amount of lemon zest and fresh parsley in your bread crumb topping.
- —Guest the patrick
mac cheese
- Drain the pasta well and add a cup of beer or porter to the finished dish; gives it a little tang.
- —pordinka
Cinnamon!
- Add a dash of cinnamon to the cheese sauce. It will leave your guests wondering why it tastes so DIVINE.
- —Kelly_Roell
A little help
- I add a little bit of English Mustard to the sauce for some flavour - just half a tea spoon or similar.
- —Guest Lewis Shand
Boiling the macaroni
- Use less water to cook the pasta and retain the same liquid for the sauce. the starch from the pasta water makes the cheese sauce very creamy and thick
- —Guest anuja
Mac and Cheese
- I love using spicy cheeses like Pepper Jack or Habanero cheeses, I love the visual impact of colors so I cut small cubes of cheese usually some kind of yellow and white cheddar that I add in layers with my cheese sauce. I find that six cups of milk work best for the cheese sauce. The mac and cheese absorbs quite about of liquid and the cheese sauce thickens while baking.
- —Guest Agnew
mac and cheese
- i make my white sauce and not the soup cream of musroon and i top with bread cumbs. never put cheese in your white sauce it not mac and cheese
- —Guest jeannine
Draining the Pasta
- Do not completely drain the pasta when removing from boiling water, or your pasta will soak up all of your great sauce and make the dish a little dry
- —Guest David
Topping for macaroni and cheese
- In make my mac and cheese usually I'll layer it my a cheese sauce milk, flour, butter cook first then add cheese then I put noodles in dish pour cheese over then add shredded cheddar, sharp, mozzarella cheese and repeat then top it off with crumble up toasted parmesan cheese crouton then bake at 325 degree for about 45 min or until done.
- —malone50
