Comfort food alert: you’ll want to make this Mac ’n Cheese by cooking sensation Nick
Eten met Nick by YouTube phenomenon Nick Toet is packed with easy recipes. Forget all those complicated instructions and just cook deliciously as it should be; without fuss and to your own taste. It should hit that one spot that makes you say, ‘oh my god, I’ve never eaten anything this delicious before’. Because that’s what Nick loves making most: food for your soul! We say: make this Mac ’n Cheese soon.
Nick: “Maybe this Mac ’n Cheese is actually more Cheese ’n Mac. More cheese means more happiness. Big family? Lots of brothers or sisters? This is the perfect dish to make for lots of people. Super easy and above all, fucking delicious. And cheese is filling! Creamy cheese sauce mixed with al dente macaroni—what’s not to love?”
How to make Nick Toet’s Mac ‘n Cheese
- Put the pasta in boiling salted water and check the package for the cooking time. Make sure you don’t use the full cooking time, but cook it just a little less (6 minutes instead of 8, for example). This keeps the pasta al dente, because it still has to go into the oven later. Drain and pour the olive oil over it. Massage the pasta.
- Melt the butter in a pan. Throw in the flour and use a whisk to stir it through. Cook the flour for 2 minutes (it will start to bubble a little). Add the milk and heavy cream a splash at a time. This allows the flour mixture to gradually adjust to the milk and cream, and the sauce will slowly thicken. Season with salt and pepper.
- Now stir the cheese into the sauce in batches. Don’t force it—just take it easy. Set aside some Parmesan and mozzarella for the gratin topping. Keep stirring well, don’t let it burn, and make sure there are no lumps.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Mix the pasta with the cheese sauce in a bowl. Then put everything in the baking dish, scatter the remaining Parmesan and mozzarella on top, and bake for 30 minutes. It’s ready when the cheese on top has melted nicely and developed a beautiful leopard pattern. Scatter the basil over it. Buon appetito!
Title: Eten met Nick
Author: Nick Toet
Price: €25
Publisher: Carrera
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