As you know, Theresa and I each entered the Tillamook Mac and Cheese contest with two recipes. To do this, we studies the past contest winners to get at the essense of Mac and Cheese for a base. Then we each added our own flourish.
Mac and cheese can be divided into four parts:
1) the mac
2) the sauce
3) the cheese
4) the flourish
The Mac
This is the boring part. Buy macaroni, prepare according to package directions.
The sauce
This is a fairly straight forward part of the recipe. You make a basic white sauce with 2 T each of butter and flour along with 1 cup of milk. Melt the butter, mix in the flour until the lumps are gone, then add the milk. Simmer until thick.
You can vary this with the type of milk. Also, you can add spices, but that really falls under flourish.
The cheese
Once you've made the sauce, add in the cheese you desire. Some cheeses melt better than others. You can really be creative in the types and amounts of cheese you add. Cheddar is my favorite. Gruyere never hurt anyone. Mix your cheese into the sauce slowly melting it until you have a delicious cheese sauce.
The flourish
This is your shot. Go for the gold. Everything from apples to lobster, herbs to ham; mix and match 'til your heart's content.
Check out this recipe to see if you can identify the four steps.
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2 comments:
Wow! Was I surprised to find a link to my Mac 'n' cheese here. How kind of you! Your recipes all sound so good-cajun shrimp-yum! Good luck to you both!!
Thanks Reeni. I'll definitely post an update if we hear from Tillamook.
Good luck to you too!
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