Sensational MAC AND CHEESE | Chef's Choice basic recipes

Sensational Mac and Cheese? What can be more basic, right?

Well… yes and no. The classic Mac and Cheese recipe is rather simple and straight forward, and therefore, the taste is quite basic indeed. But, I’m not here for the basic taste. Basic, easy recipe – yes. But, no compromises on taste are accepted here.

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You can watch the full video of me making Mac & Cheese here

Part 1 - Cream Cheese for Mac'n'Cheese

65g Dry white wine
60g Weissbier
50g Water
12g Sodium citrate
5g Salt
1.25g Iota Carrageenan
95g Gruyere cheese
20g Parmigiano cheese
170g Havarti cheese

Ingredients, you’ll need

Directions

Grate all the cheeses to small shred.
Cut Mozzarella to small cubes.
Blend all the rest of the ingredients (except for Iota Carrageenan) together.
Keep on blending and start adding Iota Carrageenan slowly-slowly, while blending continuously.
Bring the mixture to boil and simmer for about 2 min, in order to gently evaporate the alcohol and hydrate the Iota Carrageenan.
Take the mix off the heat and immediately mix together with grated cheese.
Once it’s mixed, take a hand blender and blend to a smooth consistency.
Transfer the cream cheese to a container, cool down to room temperature and then let it set for a couple of hours in the fridge.

Part 2 - Sensational Mac and Cheese

100g Macaroni
500g Water
10g Salt
30g Cream Cheese (from above)
10g Mozzarella

Ingredients

Directions

Cook the macaroni of your choice in salty water, as per instructions on your pasta packaging.
While the mac is cooking, blend together 2 tbsp of now set Cream Cheese (from part 1 above) and 2 tbsp of the hot salty and starchy water, in which macaroni are cooking.
While the super-cheesy souse is hot, add in Mozzarella (pre-cut into small cubes), and mix thoroughly.
Once the pasta is cooked to al dente, drain it and mix together with the cheese sauce.
Enjoy!

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