How To Make The Cheesiest Mac 'N' Cheese Ever _ Delish

Guys today we are making the cheesiest mac .

Yeah , it has six cups of cheese in it and we're topping it with a homemade breadcrumb topping .

It's gonna be killer .

We've got three incredible cheeses .

We've got the crazy amount of flavor from the .

It's like a little bit funky .

We've got the sharpness from the cheddar and a ton of extra flavor from the farm .

Super salty .

So all together it's gonna make the best mac .

I've got a pot of water boiling and I'm gonna salt it and I've got a pound of elbow .

You can obviously use whatever noodle you prefer .

But elbow , it's the classic .

According to the box .

Al Dente is like five minutes .

I'm gonna start checking a little sooner because we're baking this mac and cheese .

So it's gonna cook in the oven .

So we don't want mushy mac .

Now we're gonna start making our cheese sauce .

We've got a big old pot because we're adding a lot of milk .

We've got butter , flour , some spices , seasonings .

And of course , cheese is the first step is making a , a , is the base of a sauce or a thickening agent that is equal parts fat and flour .

One stick of butter might sound like a lot of butter , but we're making a lot of mac and cheese .

So , don't worry about it also .

Mac and cheese isn't like health food .

It's healthy for your soul , soul food .

It's soul food .

Obviously , it was right there in front of me .

I think we can add our flour .

Now we're just cooking this for a minute or so .

Just to get that raw flavor out of the flour .

Keep an eye on this because it can burn .

Now we can add our milk five cups , but we're gonna bring this up to a simmer and it'll thicken a bit while it's doing that .

We can add our spices .

Keeping it very simple with dried mustard powder , some salt and lots of black pepper .

I like my mac with a lot of black pepper , but you could do red chili flakes , sriracha , whatever you're into getting nice and thick .

Now it's about the thickness of like a white gravy .

So I'm gonna turn off the heat because this mixture is plenty hot and it's the perfect time to add our cheeses starting with .

Now we can add our cheddar .

Last one farm .

This is gonna add like a lot of saltiness , which is great and under salted mac is a sad mac .

In my opinion , Parmesan adds so many complex flavors .

It's obviously such a delicious cheese and it is so good at macaroni and cheese .

This is truly therapeutic .

This is like essentially what , how you would make like a queso for chips , you could eat it .

Now , part of me wants to do it now , but I think we should add the macaroni .

So now we're just gonna fold the cheese into the pasta .

So I've got a nine by 13 baking dish and I'm just gonna pour our cheesy mac right into it .

So what's mac and cheese without a breadcrumb topping ?

Here ?

I have some very dry , very stale bread , which is the perfect thing to use to make bread crumbs .

I would suggest if you're gonna go the route , which is totally cool that you use .

Panko .

Panko is a Japanese style bread crumb .

It's really incredible stuff that is made actually by baking the bread using electricity instead of in an oven , which I just learned today .

And I think is fascinating .

So when you bake the bread with electricity , there's absolutely no crust .

They can grind up the whole loaf and it looks like this and this just stays a lot crispier and absorbs a lot less fat and is just like all around , better than your average breadcrumb .

If you don't have stale day old bread , there's a really easy way to turn your bread into this rock hard stuff .

And that is to put it on a baking sheet in a 350 degree oven and bake it for like 15 minutes and it'll dry out really fast and then if you wanna take it a step further , you can cool it on a drying rack which will firm it up and dry it out even more .

Alright , so I grabbed a bowl .

This is all good to go .

This is about a cup and then we've got a half a cup of parm .

I'm gonna do just a small amount of olive oil .

This will just help with browning and obviously some good flavor .

All right .

So we're gonna put this on top of our mac .

Just a nice even layer .

We're ready to put this mac in the oven .

Oh It's so heavy .

So we have a oven preheated at 3 50 this is gonna go in for like 2025 minutes until the top is golden and the cheese is bubbly .

It's right .

Oh Yeah .

Uh It smells so good .

I'm just gonna hit it with some greens .

It's parsley just to give it the illusion of health .

I cannot wait to eat this .

The time has finally come .

We can eat our mac and cheese and I'm so stoked .

It looks amazing .

The top got a beautiful golden crust .

Mm mm All those cheeses that we put in there just melted into one delicious sauce and it's super dimensional tons of flavor .

It's got crunch from the bread crumbs .

Homemade was a good call .

The parm on top gives it that extra punch of salt .

It's just out of this world so good .

I hope you make it because I guarantee you will love it .