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Pink mac and cheese in white bowl.

Pink mac and cheese

Easy homemade mac and cheese, using white cheese and colored pink.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Elbow macaroni 8 oz
  • 2 tbsp Unsalted butter Salted is fine too
  • 2 tbsp All purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt Sea salt in good too
  • 1/4 tsp Garlic powder Optional (see notes for other seasoning options)
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1/4 cup Sour cream
  • 2 cups Shredded Medium white cheddar cheese Or 1 1/2 cups Medium white cheddar and 1/4 cup smoked gouda. (See note for more cheese combination ideas.)
  • 2 drops Pink or red food coloring

Method
 

  1. Mix flour, salt, and garlic powder (and any other seasonings) in a small bowl and set aside.
  2. Bring a pot of water to boil and cook the elbow macaroni for 7 minuets. Strain pasta and set aside.
  3. Melt butter in a pot over medium heat.
  4. Add flour and seasonings to the butter and stir for 1 minuet.
  5. Add milk and sour cream stir until smooth.
  6. Heat for 3-5 minuets, stirring continually until starts to thicken. Be careful not to boil reducing heat in needed.
  7. Once thickened turn heat to low and add in cheese, continue to stir until the cheese is melted.
  8. Add food coloring and stir until the color is evenly distributed.
  9. Add elbow macaroni and mix until covered with cheese.

Notes

  • Some other seasoning fun seasonings to add would be chili powder or smoked paprika if not using the smoked Gouda for the cheese option.
  • You can use most white cheeses for this recipe in any combination adding up to two cups. If you can only find Sharpe white cheddar try adding Havarti or cream cheese. Mozzarella will make it stringy so its not my favorite to add. Parmesan and white cheddar are always good together as well.