Wood's Mac and Cheese
Albert Wood
Wood's Mac and Cheese
Al Wood
Dinner
Ingredients
Cheeses —
- 1 ½ cups gouda, cubed
- 1 ½ cups parmesan, shredded
- 1 ½ cups brie, cubed
- 1 ½ cups pepper Jack, shredded
- 1 ½ cups gruyere, cubed
- 1 ½ cups cheddar, shredded
- 1 ½ cups goat cheese (your choice)
Pasta —
- ½ box shells
- 1 box penne
Other ingredients —
- ½ gallon of milk
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ½ cup butter
- ½ jar Wood’s Smoked Maple Habanero Mustard
Directions
Pasta —
- Cook and drain your pasta as preferred.
- Add ½ cup of softened butter, and the herbs, stir, and set aside, keep warm.
Cheese sauce — Make the when you're done with the pasta, it takes some attention so you don’t burn the cheese sauce….. And the cheese is expensive… burnt cheese - ugh no return usually.
- Add ½ of a gallon of milk to a large pot and bring to a low simmer.
- Scoop out 1 cup of warm milk and whisk in ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of cornstarch.
- Add this back to your simmering milk.
- Stir in your spices.
- Now start adding cheeses - one at a time, allowing them to melt into the milk mixture, before adding the next one.
- Add in ½ jar or (4oz.) of Wood’s Smoke Maple Habanero Mustard.
- Taste the cheese sauce and adjust now as needed.
- Pour the cheese sauce over your pasta, stir into pasta, add to your serving bowl, add any toppings of your choice, bacon, more herbs, etc