A small amount of a fermented hot sauce like Tabasco will add some secret flavour without actually tasting spicy. Tabasco: I like the green Tabasco sauce the best for its flavour. Worcestershire Sauce: A little bit of umami from Worcestershire makes the cheese sauce brighter and more interesting. Pasta Water: Using the starchy pasta cooking water helps to thicken the sauce.īrown Butter: Brown butter plus cheddar cheese is always a winning combination. Normally I add 35% cream to a traditional mac and cheese sauce (like in this smoked mac and cheese) but I left it out in this recipe because I’m adding brown butter instead. Milk: 2% milk is fine but whole milk makes a richer sauce. Gruyere, Emmental, Gouda and Old Amsterdam are all great alternatives for a cheese sauce. The good news is that this sauce will work with almost any cheese (although don’t use mozzarella). A little trick I discovered while making LOTS of ultra-smooth purees in fine-dining restaurants.Ĭheese: I’m a big cheddar cheese kinda guy but you may have other preferences. Adding a cooked potato will make an ultra-smooth sauce and help to emulsify everything together. Here are the secret ingredients for this mac and cheese sauce:Ĭooked Potato: This is not a usual ingredient in mac and cheese or bechamel sauce but it works surprisingly well. Homemade Mac and Cheese sauce Ingredients Did I mention, there’s brown butter in this?!Ībsolutely no processed cheese was harmed in the making of this mac and cheese sauce.There are no melting salts, food additives or processed cheese in this recipe.This sauce has a high cheese-to-milk ratio meaning you get the maximum cheese flavour – not just a milk sauce with cheese. You enjoy intensely flavoured cheese sauces.No need to grate cheese here! The blender does that for you. You don’t feel like grating a GIANT bowl of cheese.You don’t like making a flour-based roux.The added cooked potato in this recipe works wonders to make an ultra-smooth sauce. You’re tired of grainy mac and cheese sauces.Reasons why this is the only way I make my cheese sauce nowadays: Fast and Easy Mac and Cheese Sauce Why You NEED This Mac and Cheese In Your Life Right Now
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