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Bourbon Soaked Smoked Gouda Smoked Mac n Cheese
Bourbon Soaked Smoked Gouda Smoked Mac n Cheese
I’ve had a lot of versions of smoked mac n cheese, but none of them are even close to being this good (thanks drugs for all the great ideas that you give me). I made a basic cream sauce that had sautéed onions and smoked garlic in it. For the cheese, I found some bourbon soaked smoked gouda at the grocery store. I felt that this was the appropriate cheese to dominate the macaroni world. Once the cheese melts in the cream sauce, stir in the macaroni. Add the mac n cheese to a greased aluminum foil pan. Top it with more of the gouda. Throw it in the smoker for an hour until the top is bubbly and crusty. Wrap it in foil and continue to smoke it for another hour. Let it rest for 30 minutes before serving.
Equipment
- Electric Smoker
- 9”x13” aluminum foil pan
Ingredients
- 16 oz macaroni or your favorite pasta shape; cooked
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 head smoked garlic cloves chopped
- 1/4 cup white onion finely chopped
- 4 tbsp flour
- 1 pint heavy cream
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp white pepper
- 16 oz bourbon soaked smoked gouda grated
Instructions
- Melt the butter over medium high heat in a large sauce pan. Sauté the garlic and onions for 5 minutes.
- Turn the heat down to medium low. Whisk in the flour. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Pour in the heavy cream. Season with salt and white pepper. Whisk continuously for about 5 minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.
- Add in half of the grated cheese.
- Stir until the cheese has melted. Turn off the heat.
- Stir in the macaroni, making sure that it is evenly coated in the cheese sauce.
- Add the macaroni to a well greased 9”x13” aluminum foil pan.
- Top the macaroni with the rest of the cheese.
- Preheat your smoker to 250 degrees according to the manufacturer’s directions. Or you can put it in the smoker the last 2 hours of smoking a pork butt. It will only take an hour for the macaroni to brown on top. Wrap the pan in aluminum foil and place back in the smoker for another hour.
Bukkake Udon
Bukkake Udon
In the Japanese culinary world, bukkake means “to splash lIquid upon.” It means the same thing in the porno world. Both will require slurping. Bukkake Udon contains thick wheat noodles served with a chilled broth made of dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. The noodles have a variety of toppings: ramen egg, pickled ginger, green onions, nori, fried garlic, bonito flakes, toasted sesame seeds, etc. The chilled broth is then poured over the noodles. You can look at it almost like a wet noodle salad. Never has bukkake been so refreshing on a hot summer day.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1/2 tbsp mirin
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/8 cup soy sauce
- 1/3 cup dashi stock
- 7 oz udon noodles
Bukkake Toppings
- 1 ramen egg
- pickled ginger
- green onion chopped
- nori crumbled
- toasted sesame seeds
- bonito flakes
- fried garlic bits
Instructions
- Dissolve the sugar into the mirin and soy sauce.
- Mix with the dashi and chill.
- Bring a small pot of water to boil. Boil the udon noodles for 4-5 minutes. Drain and chill under cold water.
- Add the noodles to a bowl.
Trinidad Macaroni Pie
Trinidad Macaroni Pie
This just isn’t any old macaroni recipe. This recipe has Caribbean flavors of smoked paprika, garlic, thyme, creole salt, with slight heat from jalapeños. This is a great side dish and can be eaten as a main course.
Ingredients
- 8 oz dry macaroni cooked according to the package
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp jalapeños minced
- 1 small white onion finely diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 large egg beaten
- 4 oz cheddar cheese
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp creole salt
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large sauce pan over medium high heat. Sauté the onions, garlic, jalapeños, thyme, and smoked paprika for 5 minutes.
- Whisk in the flour. Pour in the evaporated milk and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Scoop out a 1/4 cup of the milk mixture and whisk with the beaten egg. This process will temper the egg, allowing it to not curdle in the cheese sauce but still help thicken it.
- Pour the tempered egg back into the milk mixture, continuing to whisk. Add in 3/4 of the 2 cheeses.
- Turn off the heat. Mix in the macaroni.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add the macaroni to a well greased baking dish. Top with the remaining cheeses.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.
