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Pre-shredded cheeses are coated with chemicals that will prevent the cheese from melting beautifully.

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Nothing will ruin your mac and cheese recipe quicker than using pre-shredded cheeses. I then added a plethora of hand picked seasonings for the most flavor infused sauce suitable for Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese. Instead of using just a roux (whisking of flour, butter and milk) to create the sauce, I combined the roux method with evaporated milk whisked with some cornstarch to stabilize all the cheesiness and create incredible silkiness that doesn’t separate or curdle when baked. Seasonings: Onion powder, garlic powder, dried parsley, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes infuse the velvety cheese sauce with complex flavor while still allowing the cheese flavors to shine.

If you are using bouillon cubes, just smash them up a bit before you add them to the sauce – don’t dissolve in water first. You may use chicken bouillon, bouillon powder or better than bouillon – all in equal amounts.

Chicken bouillon : Please do not skip! It is a secret ingredient that adds tons of flavor.

Dijon mustard : Mustard might sound odd, but I promise it is not a pronounced flavor but simply boosts the other flavors and highlights the cheddar.

This means it is thicker than just milk and more stable than heavy cream and less likely to curdle or separate. Evaporated milk is canned, stabilized homogenized cow’s milk from which 60 percent of the water has been removed.

Evaporated milk: This secret ingredient adds creaminess without the fat of heavy cream.

It’s best to use whole milk, or at least 2% milk.

Milk: The higher the fat content, the smoother your cheese will melt/incorporate.

All-purpose flour is more finely ground and integrates more smoothly into the roux for a smoother sauce.

All-purpose flour: This thickens the sauce and stabilizes the cheeses.

Do NOT substitute any of the butter with oil or your sauce can become grainy.

Butter: Use unsalted butter so we can control the level of salt.

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Sour cream: A hidden layer of sour cream melts in the middle of the casserole to make it extra creamy! Use full fat for best results.

Provolone: You will need 6-8 slices depending on their size.Parmesan cheese: Use freshly grated Parmesan and not pre-shredded or from a can.Take care to use a block of quality cheddar and shred it yourself, otherwise your cheese sauce will be grainy. Sharp cheddar: This quintessential cheese provides the signature flavor with its sharp richness.It is sturdy enough for the rich sauce and doesn’t become easily overwhelmed or soggy. Both the hollowness and the ridges area ideal to capture creamy sauce – and I just love the texture of the shape. It’s a type of spiral, hollow, macaroni with scored ridges. It is also known as cellentani, amori, spirali, or tortiglione and should be sold at most grocery stores. Pasta: My favorite pasta shape for Baked Macaroni and Cheese is cavatappi.Baked Macaroni and Cheese Recipe ingredients I call this Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese for a few different reasons – including the surprise filling, which I will get to later – but let’s start with the quick, fool proof, easy, creamy, cheesy, flavorful from scratch sauce that takes just minutes to whip together. What is this Million Dollar Mac and Cheese Recipe This baked macaroni and cheese will leave you and your taste buds so, SO happy. But not this Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese Casserole. Whether it started as a blue box obsession (or if that still remains, I won’t judge you), and advanced to homemade stove top mac and cheese, Buffalo Macaroni and Cheese, One Pot Chili Mac and Cheese or even Taco Macaroni and Cheese, homemade macaroni and cheese in all its varieties – when done right – is one of the most comforting, cravilious foods on the planet.īut have you ever tried a homemade macaroni and cheese recipe and discovered what should be the most silky pasta all too often is runny, dry, bland and disappointing? So, so sad. Just about everyone looooooves macaroni and cheese – forkful after forkful of noodles bathed in rich creamy, cheesy, sauce. I love a hearty pasta from my Classic Lasagna and One Pot Lasagna Soup to my One Skillet Cheesy Penne and Tortellini Al Forno but the most universally adored pasta has to be macaroni and cheese.