Food52’s Most Widespread Macaroni & Cheese Is a Martha Stewart Recipe

Macaroni and cheese has been my favourite meals from the very starting. My journey, like so many, started with neon-orange Straightforward Mac and led to the exploration of many variations each at dwelling and in eating places—from Outback Steakhouse’s absurdly creamy mac with penne (which I totally loved in my elementary faculty days) to many a truffled mac and cheese ordered throughout varied steakhouse experiences through the years (very hit and miss).

These days, I am more likely to cook dinner my very own mac and cheese at dwelling than order one off a restaurant menu. And of all of the recipes I’ve examined through the years, one stands above the remaining for its timelessness and pitch-perfect mixture of flavors and textures: Martha Stewart’s.

Are we shocked? In fact not. “In response to my mom, Martha Stewart is the queen of, effectively, every thing,” I as soon as wrote in an introduction to her hottest recipes on our website—and macaroni and cheese is not any exception. It is the recipe I made after I moved into my very first residence, and one which’s made numerous appearances on the eating desk for every thing from weeknight meals to holidays just like the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. It additionally occurs to be Food52’s hottest macaroni and cheese. Ever.

The recipe is straightforward and foolproof: Sharp white cheddar and wealthy, creamy Gruyère are accented with nutmeg, black pepper, and cayenne within the béchamel sauce, then the entire issues is topped with butter-drenched hunks of white bread that crisp to golden brown within the oven. Martha’s pasta of alternative is traditional elbow macaroni, however I personally favor a farfalle or fusilli (you do you). It welcomes riffs and additions, too, relying on the season or your temper. Within the fall, I like so as to add in butternut squash and bacon, and generally I am going to toss in juicy cherry tomatoes or seared mushrooms and contemporary thyme. It is the type of mac and cheese that is there for you every time, nevertheless you want it.