Thursday, January 2, 2014

Stove Top Mac-n-Cheese ala Alton Brown

Before Christmas, I was looking for a pretty quick homey dish to make, and this one was the winner.

Ingredients

1/2 pound elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
6 ounces evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Fresh black pepper
3/4 teaspoon dry mustard
10 ounces sharp cheddar, shredded

Directions

In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente and drain. Return to the pot and melt in the butter. Toss to coat.

Whisk together the eggs, milk, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and mustard. Stir into the pasta and add the cheese. Over low heat continue to stir for 3 minutes or until creamy.

It was pretty easy to make. I had to run to the school and get Ben and Russell, so I cooked the macaroni, tossed it with the butter and then mixed the next set of ingredients together. Then when we got back 5 minutes later, I mixed finished the recipe.

I cooked it a little longer just to make sure that the eggs got cooked. We all liked it. The consistency was just what I wanted, and the taste was almost just what I wanted. I would add less/different hot sauce if I made it again.

I know it isn't the awesome mac-n-cheese recipe Mom loves, but it was pretty darn close (and used less cheese).

1 comment:

  1. Yay, you made a recipe.

    Russell goes to school with Ben?

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