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Mac and Cheese

Mom in NY — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:14:35 GMT

On tonight's ITKWD show, he mentioned 8 cheese mac and cheese recipe. Cannot find it under his recipes. Can anyone help? TIA

Re: Mac and Cheese

QVCkitty1 — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:27:15 GMT

@Mom in NY wrote:
On tonight's ITKWD show, he mentioned 8 cheese mac and cheese recipe. Cannot find it under his recipes. Can anyone help? TIA

Wow that's a lot of cheese !🧀🧀🧀

Re: Mac and Cheese

x Hedge — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:29:40 GMT

Doctor's orders, no one is allowed to actually eat that unless there's a paramedic nearby to re-start your heart.

.....be patient with this website, I'm sure it will eventually appear in David's recipes. Just takes a while.

Re: Mac and Cheese

Nightowlz — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:59:24 GMT

@Mom in NY

8-Cheese Mac & Cheese

David Venable, Carole Haffey, one of QVC's talented food stylists, brought us this special recipe for 8-Cheese Mac & Cheese. We just had to share it with all of you!

Prep Time: 30 Minutes Serves: 12–14 Servings

1 lb campanelle pasta
2 (15-oz) jars Alfredo sauce
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup shredded Italian-blend cheese, divided
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar
1 cup shredded gruyere
1-1/2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella, divided
1 lb fresh mozzarella, cut in 1/2" slices

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Cook the pasta according to the package directions until al dente. Drain the pasta, rinse with cold water (until chilled), and transfer it to a large mixing bowl. Pour the Alfredo sauce over the pasta.

Divide the heavy cream between the two emptied Alfredo jars, then place the lids back on and shake the jars. This will remove the rest of the Alfredo sauce from the jars. Pour the heavy cream over the pasta and Alfredo sauce in the mixing bowl. Next, add 1/2 cup of the Italian-blend cheese, all the cheddar, all the gruyere, and 3/4 cup of the mozzarella. Stir all the ingredients together. Transfer to a deep, 13" x 9" baking dish.

Top the mac and cheese with the remaining 1/2 cup Italian-blend cheese and the remaining 3/4 cup mozzarella. Lay the slices of fresh mozzarella over the shredded cheeses.

Cover the baking dish, first with a piece of plastic wrap and then with a piece of foil. Bake for 1 hour, then remove the foil and the plastic wrap and bake for an additional 15–20 minutes, until it's bubbling all over.

If you're using a convection oven, the top will be golden brown. If you're using a conventional oven, the top will only be slightly brown. To brown it further, broil for a few minutes once it's done baking. Remove from the oven and allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.

https://www.qvc.com/recipes/8-cheese-mac---cheese.html

Re: Mac and Cheese

phoenixbrd — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 03:31:46 GMT

stand by with the paddles!

Re: Mac and Cheese

godi — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 11:40:14 GMT

Wow! My cholesterol is going up just reading the recipe. I bet it sooooo good though 🤣🤣🤣

Re: Mac and Cheese

RespectLife — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:44:52 GMT

Someone posted almost the exact recipe here on the Q Recipe forum several years ago.

The food police were all over it!

I have made it for special events and it is FABULOUS!

Everyone asks for the recipe. No paddles needed if you eat on occasion and in moderation!

Re: Mac and Cheese

wagirl — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:01:52 GMT

I never thought about putting alfredo sauce in for mac n cheese---I like soupy, gooey, moist m-n-c---mine is always too dry----don't eat it much tho--hubs would love it alot more but he doen't need all that either. Anyone put white sauce in their recipe? would love to hear from you

Re: Mac and Cheese

Jordan2 — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:09:31 GMT

With this recipe, just throw your diet out the window!

Re: Mac and Cheese

chrystaltree — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:21:33 GMT

Too rich, too much cheese. It would make me sick to my stomach.

Re: Mac and Cheese

Toppers3 — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 02:20:42 GMT

@RespectLife wrote:
Someone posted almost the exact recipe here on the Q Recipe forum several years ago.

The food police were all over it!

I have made it for special events and it is FABULOUS!

Everyone asks for the recipe. No paddles needed if you eat on occasion and in moderation!

People will comment about the amount of fat and other higher-fat ingredients in recipes, but I'm guessing that they don't think of possibly substituting lower-fat ingredients for the higher-fat ones when cooking?

It's fairly easy to do if one still wants to do it.

I'm just referencing your post in general, but my comments are not directed at you specifically.

If someone wanted to, they could use lower/reduced-fat cheeses, for example, and use lighter cream instead of heavy cream, and so on.

I do it when I make homemade mac. and cheese.

I use lower-fat substitutions and we don't notice a difference in taste with the recipe that I use in particular, but then I have been using skim milk and have been eating lower-sodium for a long time.

Re: Mac and Cheese

wagirl — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:35:38 GMT

@Toppers3---makes prefect sense--I did that very thing for years and the end product was generally ok----not great, but passable. Now If I want to eat/prepare any of the things that are full fat ---I do and I use the real things in them---I just don't eat the whole thing. Moderation is the word!!!

Re: Mac and Cheese

Toppers3 — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 03:53:35 GMT

@wagirl wrote:
@Toppers3---makes prefect sense--I did that very thing for years and the end product was generally ok----not great, but passable. Now If I want to eat/prepare any of the things that are full fat ---I do and I use the real things in them---I just don't eat the whole thing. Moderation is the word!!!

I feel the same way when it comes to "splurging" about certain kinds of meals.

I cook/prepare meals for us at home primarily, but sometimes I would like to eat out and not have to worry about what I'm preparing, at times.

There are those times that I would like to eat that luscious pasta that I didn't make, or that yummy cheesy mac. and cheese that I didn't make, either!

Re: Mac and Cheese

lovesrecess — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:46:54 GMT

Does t even sound good to me with that much cheese!

Re: Mac and Cheese

nyc1 — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:48:47 GMT

INA GARTEN has an amazing Mac n Cheese recipe made with Gruyere and Cheddar. I've made it several times and everyone LOVES it.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:08:59 GMT

@Toppers3 ...........I so agree with you. There is always some one to spoil everything. Mention bacon and they have a tizzy. Moderation is the key word. I would hate to spend the rest of my life not eating on occasion something rich and fattening.

Re: Mac and Cheese

Ellen Dunning — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 18:19:44 GMT

Looks yum, but I only counted 5 cheeses!

Re: Mac and Cheese

aroc3435 — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:11:00 GMT

@Ellen Dunning Welcome to the forum, Ellen Dunning.

Maybe the other cheeses are in the Italian Cheese mix referenced in the recipe. Maybe has fontanella, asiago, and fontina, would be my first guess off the top of my head.

Regards, and hope you will continue to participate,

aroc3435

Washington, DC

Re: Mac and Cheese

RedTop — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:55:35 GMT

Mac and cheese has been a favorite food since I was a child, but the older I get, the less cheese I eat.

I prefer to keep mac and cheese simple with colby, and don't have it very often. I am not interested in eating anything with a lot of different cheeses on, or in it.

Re: Mac and Cheese

lovesrecess — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 03:24:58 GMT

I can’t even think of 8 cheeses I would want in macaroni!