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Tayari's Blog: Thanksgiving Mac and Cheese

Posted by TayariJones on November 25, 2009 08:11 PM
Filed under Travels & Rambles

Last year, I participated in a series on writers and their recipes over at maudnewton.com. A couple of people went back there looking for my contribution, a southern mac and cheese recipe. Apparently, Maud's site is down, so I am posting the recipe here. That's Drew in the photo-- he tried the recipe gave the thumbs up.

10 oz of elbow macaroni

6 oz sharp cheddar cheese

6 oz mild cheddar

1 stick of butter

4 eggs

1 cup whole milk

½ cup evaporated milk

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

pinch of paprika

½ small onion diced (optional)
Preheat oven to 350. Whip eggs in small bowl and put aside. Mix cheeses in small bowl and put aside.
Boil pasta in LARGE pot and drain off most of the water. While pasta in still steaming, stir in the butter and about ¾ of the cheese. Stir until everything is all melty. Add salt, pepper, and paprika. (This is your last opportunity to taste, so please do.) Next add eggs, and all milk. You can add the onion now, if you like. The whole concoction should be really soupy. Stir, stir and stir some more.
Pour mixture into a casserole dish and bake for about 30 minutes. It will rise up like soufflé. Carefully open the oven and slide the rack out halfway so you can sprinkle to remaining cheese on top. Continue to bake about another ten minutes until the cheese is bubbly. Take it out of the oven and let it set about 10-15 minutes while it sets.
*Dieters can substitute skim or 2% milk and the butter can be cut down by half. You might be able to scale back the cheese a little, but just use less cheese, not a 2% or fat free.

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