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Once your timer goes off, fish out a piece of pasta and taste it for doneness.

Cut the butter up for better melting and put it into a serving bowl or pot.

Set timer four minutes less than the minimum time written on pasta’s packaging. Add your dried pasta, stirring a few times to avoid sticking or clumping.

Generously salt water and bring up to a boil.

~1/4–1/2 cup Parmigiano, Pecorino Romano, or Grana Padano.

2–4 cups shredded cheese (sharp cheddar or similar).

~1/4 cup evaporated milk (freeze any extra in cubes for future use).

~1/2 cup pasta water, set aside or drained directly into the butter.

1 pound dried pasta (good options: penne, farfalle, elbows, shells).

This is not a big concern for stovetop pasta since you can actually run out of residual heat.Ī solid trick from food YouTuber Adam Ragusea (and the catering at a fancy backyard cookout we attended) is adding some American processed cheese product so the special salts in it to help the other cheese melt on the mac. That leaves you way too much extra liquid and a rubbery clump of curds. One thing to avoid is shocking cheese with heat so that its water separates out … like if you are using a superheated pressure cooker. The most artful version is the original fettucine alfredo. For example, pasta al burro is just pasta coated in butter and Parmigiano thanks to lots of pasta water.

And cleanup is easy if you do let the residue dry on the grater (ask me how I know).Ĭheese melts better the more water content it has, but only as a general principle. Plus common sense says it is less oxidized.

I just know that we like saving money and enjoy grating our own cheese. Pre-shredded cheese has anti-caking agents like cellulose, which some folks insist they can taste. Finishing off your mac with a generous amount of dry, aged cheese puts it over the top with a bit of extra flavor and saltiness. We always have a frozen bag of grated Costco Pecorino Romano on hand, a stronger alternative to Parmigiano (parmesan is a fake word, stop using it).

Gruyere has a reputation for melting well. Though gouda is always a bit disappointing. Notes on Cheeseįrom our tinkering with the Instant Pot recipe, sharp cheddar produces the best or certainly most consistent result. It is tough to pull off and not that tasty, so I do not recommend it. There is also a “one pot” method of cooking pasta in milk then adding cheese to the starchy byproduct. A common method is making a roux, basically a whisked mixture of flour and butter (or other fat), then incorporating milk and cheese. There are obviously other ways to make mac and cheese, even on the stove. The stovetop’s simplicity and lower temperature greatly simplify the process. We learned the good news from an Instant Pot recipe, but Instant Potsta (?) easily ends up too watery. It comes in a can but may be frozen in an ice tray, giving you the power to quickly transform pasta into great mac and cheese.