September 30, 2019
Ester Williams makes a Southern style mac and cheese. Williams works at Miller's Bread Basket located in Blackville, South Carolina.
Ingredients
- 16 ounces of macaroni of your choice. Cook macaroni using directions on the box.
- 1 stick of unsalted butter
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
- 5 cups of shredded cheese, divided
- 1 teaspoon powdered mustard
- ½ cup flour
- 4 cups of milk, preferably whole milk.
- Pot for boiling water for macaroni
- Large pan or Dutch oven for making cheese sauce
- Casserole or loaf pans of your choice
Directions
- Spray your casserole, or loaf pans with cooking spray.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Boil water in a pot sized to accommodate the amount of macaroni you are going to cook.
- Put macaroni into boiling water and take off heat. Allow to sit in boiling water for 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. The noodles will swell as you make the cheese sauce. This helps keep the noodles from overcooking before they go into the oven.
- Put stick of butter in a large pan or Dutch oven.
- Add flour and stir to make a roux and add powdered mustard and nutmeg if using.
- Next add milk and stir until creamy.
- Add 4 of the 5 cups of shredded cheese. Mix well.
- Mix the macaroni into the cheese sauce and pour into either casserole or loaf pan(s).
- Top with extra 1 cup of cheese.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until it reaches a temperature of 145-150 degrees.
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