/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14094562
a good roux I guess

>>14094570
>good roux
>make bechemel sauce
>add ration of 3/4 semi sharp chedar, 1/8 gruyer, 1/8 brie cheese,
>a dash ofmustard and hot sauce
>salt and pepper TT

>>14094562

Making a complex yet delicate compound bechamel sauce with a variety of both sharp and mild cheeses to round out the flavor.

>>14094562
add some diced SPAM in there my friend

>>14094584
I've never put brie in Mac n cheese, wouldn't it be too soft for that?

Not adding milk. Something about milk gives it a characteristic aftertaste that's rather unpleasant. Use a bit of water instead.

Of course this is talking about brands like Kraft or Annies.

For baked macaroni and cheese, special cheeses, like gouda, gruyère, or Monterey jack make for an unforgettable result.

Baking bread crumbs on the top, and diced jalapenos are killer.

>>14094584
everything is good until you add mustard, what the hell?

>>14094631
thats the point the brie makes the cheese sauce silky smooth

>>14094736
have faith my friend, you don't add a lot of mustard just like 2t at most, enough to give the sauce a tart note

>>14094562
Eggs

>>14094562
hatred.

>>14094562
Contempt

overcooking it so it gets a lot of that crispy burned bits that everyone knows are the best part

>>14094736
>he doesn't add mustard to a cheese sauce

>>14094562
sodium citrate

>>14094736
mustard powder. not french's.

>>14094953
That makes more sense and isn't what the other anon said.

>>14094929
>yes I do

>>14094562
steamed chopped broccoli and diced chicken breast along with some paprika

MSG

>>14094562
hunger

>>14094562
Velveeta and lotsa butter

cheese. and macaroni. preferably cooked. dont forget to eat it. if you dont eat it, it doesnt count. welcome to my TED talk

>>14095007
Don't pretend to be me

>>14094562
>baked
>no crust
At least they used cavatappi, the best mac and cheese noodle.

>>14094562
A lot of cheese and mustard powder. Most recipes I looked at say to use 8 oz of cheese for 2 cups of sauce, but it's better with 12 oz of cheese. And like 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon of mustard powder, recipes that only call for 1 teaspoon you can't even really taste it.

>>14094736
I add mustard it adds a nice color to it and it helps balance the flavor. The acidity of the mustard is a good counter balance against the saltiness of the cheese.
Just saiyan...

>>14095570
>the saltiness of the cheese
the fuck? the cheese I get isn't salty at all. I have some smoked gouda and there's no salt taste.
>adds a nice color
I'm not gonna add fucking mustard for color. It should just be the color of the cheese.

>>14095582
cheese is salty you retard

>>14095595
My smoked gouda isn't.

>>14095639
>>14095582
That's why you taste it you doughnut. Mustard is only necessary if it's too salty. I like cheddar and parmesan and it can get a little salty. If it isn't salty it don't add any. Duh.

>>14094562
Montery jack and cheddar

>>14094736
Ground mustard retard

>>14097207
learn how to read the fucking thread
I already responded with >>14094958

Idk. My mom would basically just layer box macaroni and various cheese (pepper jack and some others that elude me) whole milk and just cooked it like a casserole. Comes out fine imo. Little crunchy top layer and all. Best? Idk but it's the kind of mac I know.

>>14095655
>That's why you taste it
And I'm fucking telling you that I have and I have never tasted salt in cheese of any kind.

The secret is to add sour cream and a little cream cheese.

>>14097333
This sounds correct

>>14094570
This, cayenne, nutmeg, and a dash of lea and perrins.
>>14094584
Does brie actually work in a mornay?? I've never tried it. Gruyère and cheddar are good shouts though. Comté is nice too. I like to add breadcrumbs and parmegganio to the top. Sundried tomatoes, black garlic and caramelised onions are nice additions.

The secret is love.

>>14097310
>no salt in cheese

use it as a canvas, and paint, my child

>>14097514
I didn't say there wasn't any salt in cheese. I said I couldn't taste it.

>>14097310
First of all cheese is salty you carpetbagger. Second, I meant if the sauce is salty. Not the cheese.

>>14094736
I use mustard the spice not the sauce in mine. The flavor is subtle but neccessary.

>>14097593
holy shit can you not fucking read
how many times do I have to type this shit out
I know you're fucking with me but I'm finally pissed

NO CHEESE, NOT EVEN CHEESE SAUCE THAT I MADE EVER TASTED TOO SALTY OR OF SALT

>>14094562

Don't overcomplicate it. Mac and cheese is easy as fuck to make. Just follow this simple recipe and tailor it it your tastes:

1: Slap some elbow macaroni in some boiling water and cook that bitch.
2: When macaroni is cooked put a cheddar + american cheese mix in the pot, along with some flour, butter, and milk. Mix and add seasoning to taste. Salt, pepper, paprika, shit like that. Add onions whatever other gay ass shit white people do to ruin mac and cheese if you want.
3: When everything is melted and cheesy slap that bit in a casserole dish in a oven that is preheated to something like 350-375 degrees. Pour some bread crumbs, cheese, or some shit on the top of you want.
4: Bake until the top starts to brown, like 45 min.

I don't even measure when cooking mac and cheese cause it is so easy to make.

>>14097628
>NO CHEESE, NOT EVEN CHEESE SAUCE THAT I MADE EVER TASTED TOO SALTY OR OF SALT
THEN DON'T ADD ANY MUSTARD YOU BOOGERFACE!!

>>14094562
it's impossible to overdo the cheese, so don't be stingy

>>14094562
Dijon Mustard

Using shells

>>14094736
you're in for a treat anon, mustard makes sharp cheddar better. Don't use a lot though

In this thread, a bunch of people spouting off shit about Mac and cheese recipes they've read online and never cooked. Somebody post an oc pic of their homemade macaroni.

>>14097310
there is no way it is possible you have never had a cheese that didn't have salt in it. Feta? Mozzarella? shit most washed rind cheeses are wiped down with brine periodically

>>14094562
American cheese product.

>>14098663
grepoupon is fucking disgusting, only retards use it

>>14094607
sounds based actually

The best macs I ever had were baked, so there's that. One was a guinness mac, the other had like 5 cheeses and I think bacon or something in it. Sometimes you can't beat just classic velveeta shells 'n cheese though.

already been perfected

>>14094562
dont use bechemel or you're making bechemel with cheese, cook the pasta in a low amount of water, add cheese to water and then slowly add pasta water until you've got a good consistency

>>14097642
I mean I already said I wasn't going to cause it sounds silly.

>>14098748
I guess I'm just not into mustard. I'll try mustard powder but that's it.

>>14099746
you're just replacing starch and milk with starch and water, doesn't seem like that would be the best thing to do for max flavor.

>>14098761
why the fuck would I make this up?
No, I never have. I had mozzarella sticks last night and they didn't taste salty to me at all.

>>14099746
sorry add cheese to pasta*

>>14099755
you dont need to add as much water as you would milk, its just enough to make a sauce, so youre replacing milk/butter/flour flavor with cheese flavor

>>14099789
you can use just enough milk to make a sauce too

>>14094679
>Not adding milk. Something about milk gives it a characteristic aftertaste that's rather unpleasant. Use a bit of water instead.
do the opposite

>>14094562
Top needs to brown, preferably with a ritz crust.

Using Paula Deen's recipe for Crock Pot Mac & Cheese.

>>14101176

>>14097641
pls stop using grandma degrees especially for something like mac, you should use temp in the 400s

>>14094736
I've always used mustard seed, but in a pinch stone ground mustard works just use less. If you use it as an ingredient and not a condiment theres hardly any way for even the most feeble minded anon to fuck it up.

>>14094953
It’s got to be English mustard you fucking homo. Anything less is pederasty.

>>14097641
You stupid americunt. Mac cheese is the easiest dish on the world to make, and you still managed to fuck it up. Rope yourself dickhead.

>>14101377
>went to all this effort
>made an obvious typo anyway
mutt education