Had a Christmas party to attend last night that is pot luck and I really wanted to smoke something and thought Mac and Cheese would be fun as I had never even heard of "smoked" mac and cheese until I found this site. Doing a search on SMF brought up many recipes and I settled on "SQWIBS Mac and Cheese" http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/106103/sqwibs-macaroni-and-cheese. The final results, it was delicious, smooth, creamy, rich and full of that cheesy flavor with enough smoke but not over powering.
Now my other thoughts, it is not a cheap dish, I made a run to the market for my list and totaled right at $20.00 plus or minus some change. Not a budget breaker but for a 9"x13" dish of mac and cheese, $20 is quite a lot.
My wife watched me make it and as I was adding several different kinds of cheese, sour cream, cream cheese she was saying, "are you sure your reading that recipe correctly?" " Do you know how many calories are going to be in that?" (she is a very healthy eater and very conscious of what she eats" I told her "it's Christmas" enjoy! She ate a small portion and said it was wonderfully good but very rich!
I was really running behind and was negligent with pictures. I regret forgetting as it was a beautiful pan of smoked mac and cheese. A beautiful golden brown with bits of crumbled bacon, a site to behold!
I was hoping that there would be some leftovers and there was, I get to have it for lunch today.
I would make this again in a heartbeat but it would have to be another special occasion because it is something that my wife and I would not eat often because of the "healthy eating" thing!
One really good thing, when I was at the market I found "pork butt on sale for 50% off @ $1.49# so I grabbed two for the freezer.
This really is delicious "mac and cheese" and very worthy of the time to make it. I would highly recommended it!
Now my other thoughts, it is not a cheap dish, I made a run to the market for my list and totaled right at $20.00 plus or minus some change. Not a budget breaker but for a 9"x13" dish of mac and cheese, $20 is quite a lot.
My wife watched me make it and as I was adding several different kinds of cheese, sour cream, cream cheese she was saying, "are you sure your reading that recipe correctly?" " Do you know how many calories are going to be in that?" (she is a very healthy eater and very conscious of what she eats" I told her "it's Christmas" enjoy! She ate a small portion and said it was wonderfully good but very rich!
I was really running behind and was negligent with pictures. I regret forgetting as it was a beautiful pan of smoked mac and cheese. A beautiful golden brown with bits of crumbled bacon, a site to behold!
I was hoping that there would be some leftovers and there was, I get to have it for lunch today.
I would make this again in a heartbeat but it would have to be another special occasion because it is something that my wife and I would not eat often because of the "healthy eating" thing!
One really good thing, when I was at the market I found "pork butt on sale for 50% off @ $1.49# so I grabbed two for the freezer.
This really is delicious "mac and cheese" and very worthy of the time to make it. I would highly recommended it!
