Name: Stovetop Mac N Cheese... recipe by Zeenath Fathima at BetterButter
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 1/2 tbsp (50 gms) butter; 3 tbsp flour; 2 cups Milk; 2 1/2 cups water; 2 1/2 cups elbow macaroni (250 gms); 3 1/4th cup mozzarella cheese ; shredded; 1 1/2 cups mozzarella; Salt to taste; Pepper; 1 tsp garlic powder; 1/2 tsp onion powder; 1/2 tsp Mustard powder

ABOUT Stovetop Mac N Cheese... RECIPE

A silky , glossy cheese sauce with my tender , never mushy macaroni . It's a perfect classic- and it just happens to be in one pot . It would be easy to assume that I make this in one pot for convenience . But I swear that's really not the reason why . The reason I make this in one pot is because the starch released from the pasta mixes in with the sauce and emulsifies it , creating a cheese sauce that is silkier and clings better to the pasta than making it the traditional way ( i.e. pasta and sauce differently )

Ingredients Serving: 6

3 1/2 tbsp (50 gms) butter
3 tbsp flour
2 cups Milk
2 1/2 cups water
2 1/2 cups elbow macaroni (250 gms)
3 1/4th cup mozzarella cheese ; shredded
1 1/2 cups mozzarella
Salt to taste
Pepper
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp Mustard powder

Instructions

Melt butter in a large or medium pot over medium heat .
Add flour and cook for one minute .
Add about 3/4th cup of milk and mix into butter mixture - it will become a slurry pretty quickly .
Add remaining milk and mix so the slurry mixes in .
Then add water and seasonings (garlic powder , onion powder and mustard powder)
Add macaroni and mix . Stir occasionally as it comes to heat . When you see wisps of steam as you stir , lower the heat down to medium low .
Stir regularly as it cooks for 9-10 mins . It also bubbles gently , or until the sauce thickens and the macaroni is just cooked - tender but still firm .
It should be saucy at this stage and thinner as well .
Take it off the stove and stir in the cheese in quickly .
Adjust salt and pepper to taste . Also in this step , the sauce thickens and reduces considerably .
I like to use mozzarella and cheddar because I feel this combination tastes better .
Serve immediately !

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