Ideally, the cheese is sharp and flavorful-neither too stinky or too bland-with a creamy, gooey texture when melted. But if the recipe doesn’t have a béchamel base, you’ll want to use a combination of cheeses: one for flavor and one that’s processed (like American cheese, cream cheese or Velveeta) for stability.īeyond that, the best cheeses for mac and cheese balance flavor with meltability. If you are starting with a béchamel, you won’t need to worry much about your sauce breaking or splitting (aka turning into a curdled, greasy mess). How to choose a cheese for making mac and cheese:īefore you select a cheese for your mac, check the recipe: Does it call for making a béchamel? (That’s a white sauce made with a roux-flour cooked with butter-and dairy.) This will influence your cheese choice. So what are the best cheeses for mac and cheese? We have a few ideas. And when it comes to cooking a batch at home, we aim for near-perfection. It’s salty, carby, cheesy, gooey, comforting and celebratory all at once. We don’t like to play favorites, but we would do unspeakable things for macaroni and cheese.
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