The Best Macaroni and Cheese
Source of Recipe
All Recipes: Submitted by Pam Anderson, The Perfect Recipe Cookbook
Recipe Introduction
If you're in a hurry or prefer to sprinkle the dish with
crumbled common crackers (saltines aren't bad, either), skip
the bread crumb step or simply follow instructions for the
stovetop version that follows. You can make fresh bread crumbs
by grating bread on the large holes of a box grater, but
the easiest method, by far, is processing it to coarse
crumbs in a food processor fitted with the steel blade.
List of Ingredients
Toasted Bread Crumbs:
-1 cup fresh bread crumbs from
French or Italian bread
-Pinch salt
-1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter
Macaroni and Cheese:
-2 quarts water
-1 1/2 teaspoons salt
-1/2 pound elbow macaroni
-4 tablespoons butter
-2 large eggs
-1 (12 fluid ounce) can
evaporated milk, heated to warm
-1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-Ground black pepper
-1 teaspoon dry mustard
dissolved in
-1 teaspoon water
-3 cups shredded mild Cheddar,
American or Monterey Jack cheese
Recipe
1 Heat oven to 350 degrees F and set a 1 1/2-quart
heatproof dish, such as a souffle pan, in the oven to warm.
2 Bread Crumbs: Mix bread crumb ingredients together in a
small baking pan; set aside.
3 Macaroni: Bring 2 quarts water to a boil in a large
soup kettle. Add 11/2 teaspoons salt and macaroni; cook
until almost tender, but still a little firm to the bite.
Drain and transfer to preheated dish and stir in butter to melt.
4 Meanwhile, mix eggs, 1 cup evaporated milk, pepper
sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt (or 1/4 teaspoon if using highly
processed cheese like American or even Velveeta), 1/4 teaspoon
pepper and mustard mixture in a small bowl.
5 Pour egg mixture over noodles along with three-fourths
of cheese; stir until thoroughly combined and cheese
starts to melt.
6 Place bread crumbs in oven to toast until golden brown,
10 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. Place
pan of macaroni and cheese in oven too and bake for 5
minutes. Remove pan from oven; thoroughly stir macaroni
mixture, adding a little remaining milk and cheese. Return to
oven and cook 5 minutes longer. Remove macaroni pan from
oven and stir thoroughly so that macaroni and cheese cooks
evenly, adding additional cheese and milk if mixture does not
look moist and creamy. Return to oven for a total of 20
minutes, removing pan from oven once more to stir in remaining
milk and cheese. Serve immediately, sprinkled with bread crumbs
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