Mikey Hood's winning mac 'n cheese recipe | Talk Pittsburgh

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Ahead of the Wing & Mac Smackdown, our Talk Pittsburgh hosts are facing off in a mac & cheese showdown.

Here's the winning recipe from Mikey Hood!

Mikey's Mac & Cheese

(Photo Credit: KDKA)

Ingredients

  • Pasta: 1 bag/ box pasta (I prefer the Italian macaroni noodles you can find these at Trader Joe's)
  • I qt of Chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup of Sour cream 
  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • 1 can condensed or evaporated milk
  • 1/8 cup of any kind of flour
  • 2-3 tablespoons of butter 
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of cheese of your choice ( I use sharp white cheddar)
  • 1 bag mozzarella cheese
  • 1 bag of sharp cheddar cheese 
  • 1/2 block of sharp white cheddar 
  • Onion powder
  • Salt
  • Optional: 1 cup of cheese wiz (Kraft in the jar/ red lid)

Heat oven to 350 degrees

Pasta:

  • Pasta: 1 bag/ box pasta (I prefer the Italian macaroni noodles you can find these at Trader Joe's)
  • I qt of Chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup of Sour cream 

Boil pasta in chicken broth with a pinch of salt until it's close to al dente, drain, add sour cream. Set aside 

Roux:

  • 1 cup Heavy cream
  • 1 can condensed or evaporated milk
  • 1/8 cup of any kind of flour
  • 2-3 tablespoons of butter 
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 block of cheese of your choice ( I use sharp white cheddar)
  • Optional: 1 cup of cheese wiz (Kraft in the jar/ red lid)

Prepare Roux:

In skillet sauté heavy cream, milk, butter cheese, flour, 2 tablespoons spoons of onion powder, 2 pinches of salt, eggs (add eggs last).

In a baking pan:

Layer pasta, then roux, the mozzarella cheese as a cheese pull, pasta, cheddar cheese, roux pasta, and finally cheddar cheese on top. 

Bake for 30 min at 350  or until slightly golden brown.

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