Triple Cheeeeesy Macaroni and Cheese
"My very own adaptation of several Mac and Cheese recipes all rolled into one. It doesn't get more comforting than Macaroni and Cheese. Yummmmmmmmmy!"
photo by Meucci
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄2 lb curly macaroni, cooked
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 cups milk
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 6 slices American cheese
- 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1⁄2 small onion, chopped fine
- 1 teaspoon ground mustard
- 1 dash salt
- 8 ounces medium cheddar
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topping
- 1⁄4 cup breadcrumbs (optional)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder (optional)
- 2 tablespoons melted butter (optional)
directions
- Melt butter in a saucepan.
- Add flour and whisk well.
- Allow to cook for a minute or two.
- Add milk, pepper, onion and ground mustard.
- Cook until smooth.
- Tear american cheese slices into small pieces.
- Cut Cheddar cheese into cubes.
- Add cheeses to milk mixture.
- Continue cooking until cheeses are throughly melted.
- Place macaroni in a glass casserole dish.
- Pour cheese sauce over macaroni.
- Stir.
- For topping, mix butter, bread crumbs and onion powder together.
- Sprinkle over macaroni.
- Bake in a 300 degree oven for 20 minutes.
- Serve!
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Reviews
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My family is hugely into mac and cheese, and I am always looking for new recipes so we don't have the "same old same old" over and over again. I think we have found something we will stick with for quite a while. The three cheeses combine to make a wonderful tasting dish. We don't have American cheese where I live so I substituted a regular yellow cheese. Instead of bread crumbs I used onion-flavored cracker crumbs as the topping. I upped the quantities to serve 10, although our family of 6 inhaled it all at one sitting. I see I'm going to have to up it to at least 16 next time! Thanks for posting this Kari, you may have helped me create a monster! -
I make this every week or two. Hit.
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So delicious. I did not have the exact kind of cheeses for this recipe, so I just used what I had, which was: parmesean, cubed cheddar/monterey and shredded 4-cheese mexican style. It was really good; everyone in my family agreed. -
Wow! Perfect amount of spice and oh so cheesy! I am definitely making this one again!!!! -
This was by far the best mac and cheese I've ever had. I'm surprised I haven't reviewed it sooner as I have made it many many times and everytime it turns out perfect; this is my staple mac and cheese recipe. Don't be fooled by the amounts, it doesn't seem like enough macaroni at first but it does end up making four generous servings.
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Tweaks
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My entire family loved this dish! I had wanted to make my Homestyle Mac and Cheese (posted here at Zaar) but had no cream cheese, so went looking for something else--and found this great recipe. I subbed a chunk of Velveeta for the slices of "american cheese" (shhhhh, don't tell anyone I had that in my fridge LOL), used fusilli for the "curly macaroni", and otherwise followed the recipe to a T. Well, that's a lie: I also left out the chopped onion (I subbed a sprinkle of granulated onion, though) and I did use old cheddar instead of medium; I always do. I used Italian breadcrumbs for the topping, so of course didn't add any seasonings to that, just the melted butter. The directions are very straightforward and this was quite easy to prepare. Kari, thanks for posting this; I will make it often, I know! -
My family is hugely into mac and cheese, and I am always looking for new recipes so we don't have the "same old same old" over and over again. I think we have found something we will stick with for quite a while. The three cheeses combine to make a wonderful tasting dish. We don't have American cheese where I live so I substituted a regular yellow cheese. Instead of bread crumbs I used onion-flavored cracker crumbs as the topping. I upped the quantities to serve 10, although our family of 6 inhaled it all at one sitting. I see I'm going to have to up it to at least 16 next time! Thanks for posting this Kari, you may have helped me create a monster!
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