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Charcuterie Board Macaroni and Cheese
This stove top macaroni and cheese comes together in mere minutes, thanks to this mind blowing sauce. Adding in all the fun leftovers from your cheeseboard platter the night before takes this macaroni and cheese to a new level.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
- 8 oz about 1 1/3 cups of macaroni (if using a different shaped pasta, it may be closer to 1 1/2 cups)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cups grated cheeses any combination of cheeses you have on hand
- 1/4 cup chopped olives pickles, capers etc
- 1/4 cup chopped dried cured sausage or charcuterie or more as you see fit
Instructions
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Boil the pasta in a medium sized pot, according to the directions, stopping at al dente. Drain from pot and set into a bowl.
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Take the same pot and heat the cream over medium high heat. Cook until it has reduced by just half, just a few minutes, so watch it.
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Add the cheeses and stir until the cheeses have melted and created a creamy sauce. If you find it too thick, you can always thin it with a bit more cream.
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Put the pasta, the chopped olives and pickles, and the chopped dried sausage into the pot and stir until the cheese sauce has covered everything.
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Serve.
Recipe Notes
Basic mac n cheese part of the recipe inspired by Melissa Clark's Book, 'Dinner, Changing the Game'
Some cheeses you may consider are: cheddar, gruyere, emmental, manchego, chevre, beemster, gouda, swiss, gorgonzola. If using some drier cheeses, just make sure you have some melting cheeses as well.
This will serve two comfortably, three small ones in a pinch!