Thanksgiving Mac and Cheese recipe _ MAC and CHEESE NO VELVEETA

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We've got all our ingredients ready for our mac and cheese .

Loads of cheese .

We've got shredded cheddar and cubed cheddar .

I bought a big 32 ounce block of cheddar , sharp cheddar cheese .

We've also got some shredded mozzarella cause you want to get that cheese pull effect and mozzarella gives you that .

We've got our elbow macaroni butter and flour for our roux .

We've got our seasonings , white pepper , a little dried mustard onion powder and garlic , granulated garlic and our milk .

So let's get to it .

We've got our water boiling on the stove .

Now we are going to heat our milk just a bit .

I'm just gonna heat it in the microwave .

So it's not ice cold when we're making our beam , our water is boiling .

We're gonna add uh macaroni stir it around and cover it .

Don't walk away because if it boils over , you're gonna make a terrible mess .

Just cover it until it comes back to the boil and take the cover off and stir it up to make sure that it's not sticking to the bottom .

So you don't want a big clump of macaroni .

Now , we're going to make our root .

We've got our butter nicely melted .

We're gonna add in our all-purpose flower .

Actually let me get on with .

So I think that's the better tool for this .

We don't want to get this brown .

We just wanna cook the rawness out of the flour , whisk it to get any lumps out .

And I'm using equal parts flour and butter , pour in that warmed milk and just whisk it in and let it simmer and the warm milk helps to keep lumps from forming .

So this roux with the added milk is a beam .

Now I'm going to switch to my wooden spoon and stir in the shredded fetter .

And when you add cheese to a , you get a traditional mona has , uh , I think it's em and ta or cheese like Swiss cheese or grier .

But we're using cheddar as the base of our mac and cheese .

Stir that up till it gets nice and melted .

Look at that .

Isn't that pretty cheesy sauce ?

Now , we're gonna season it .

There's a lot of salt in the cheese .

So we're not adding any salt at this point .

We will use some dried ground mustard and just a teeny pinch .

You just want a hint of it .

A little white pepper .

No , won't come out .

Actually never do what I just did .

Don't shake it directly into the pan because a whole bunch can spill out .

Measure it first .

Then we got a little garlic granulated garlic and a little bit of onion powder .

I'm gonna stir that all around .

Now , we can add our cooked macaroni and we didn't boil it , only boil it for about five minutes .

Not to the full package directions because it's still gonna continue to cook in the oven and we don't want it to be mushy .

Let's get that stirred up .

And at this point , we can turn the heat off .

Now for those chunks of cheese .

I like to mix in a few chunks of cheddar because then you get some nice melted chunks of cheddar cheese when you get a serving , you know , it's not all cheese sauce .

It's some sauce and some chunks .

And I think that's good .

We're gonna stir in half of our mozzarella and that's gonna give uh us our cheese pole .

You'll see what I mean a little bit later and we're just gonna keep it right in this cast iron , uh enamel coated cast iron dutch oven .

We're mixing it and we're gonna bake it right in there .

No need to switch to another pan .

Oh , see , you can see the difference that mozzarella made .

You can see the cheese pool .

Can you see that ?

Yeah , that's what you want and you gotta remember to save some cheese for the top because you gotta have a nice cheesy crust and we're gonna do a mix of cheddar and mozzarella on top .

Mm mm .

Mm .

That's gonna be good .

Then we'll cover it , put it in the oven and it all come together .

All right .

Let's take that cover off .

Oh some cheesy goodness for you .

I'm gonna run that under the broiler and get the top .

Nice and brown .

Mm mm mm mm .

Oh , look at that .

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So cheesy , creamy .

And it's got chunks of cheese in there .

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