Grammy's Kitchen · Macaroni and Cheese · Soul Food Baked Mac and Cheese with Roux
One of 120 macaroni and cheese recipes we measured
from www.dashofjazz.com
4 cooks on www.dashofjazz.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 120.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| cheese | 89% | 112% |
| dairy | 123% | 168% |
| fat | 17% | 13% |
| thickener | 7% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| different cheeses | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| melt idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| cheese flavor idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| stretch idx | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 960 g | 4 cups chicken broth |
| 946 g | 4 cups water |
| 510 g | 18 ounces uncooked pasta (elbows, shells, or a combination) |
| 226 g | 2 cups mild cheddar cheese |
| 113 g | 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese |
| 113 g | 1 cup Gouda cheese |
| 85 g | 6 tablespoons unsalted butter |
| 38 g | 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 630 g | 2 1/2 cups evaporated milk |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons mustard |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon sea salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon white pepper |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.dashofjazz.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Incredible! Seconds are mandatory! I’ve tried a lot of mac and cheese recipes over the years looking for “the one," and this is it. You can taste the intention and the heritage in this dish...it's not just cheese for the sake of cheese. As a Greek, we don’” — a cook, 5.0★
“Incredible! Seconds are mandatory! I’ve tried a lot of mac and cheese recipes over the years looking for “the one," and this is it. You can taste the intention and the heritage in this dish...it's not just cheese for the sake of cheese. As a Greek, we don’t re” — a cook, 5.0★