{"id":19,"slug":"adult-macaroni-and-cheese","title":"Adult Macaroni and Cheese","description":"This dish was developed as a macaroni and cheese dish for adults. Instead of cheddar, this recipe uses Fontina, mascarpone, Gruyere, cream cheese, and Swiss.","ingredients_raw":["½ pound (227 g) elbow macaroni","6 ounces (170 g) heavy cream","½ tsp (2.5 ml) kosher salt, plus more for the water","½ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) grated Fontina","½ cup (60 g / 2.1 oz) grated Gruyere","½ cup (150 g / 5.3 oz) mascarpone cheese","½ cup (150 g / 5.3 oz) cream cheese","4 thin slices Swiss cheese, julienned","1¼ sticks (150 g / 5.3 oz) unsalted butter, divided","2 tbsp (30 ml) all-purpose flour","1 tsp (5 ml) tabasco sauce"],"ingredients_norm":["elbow macaroni","heavy cream","kosher salt","fontina","gruyere","mascarpone cheese","cream cheese","thin slices swiss cheese","unsalted butter","all purpose flour","tabasco sauce"],"steps":["In a gallon (~3.8 L) of salted boiling water, cook macaroni to al dente. Strain into a colander and rinse with cold water.","While pasta is cooking, in a heavy saucepan, melt 2 tbsp butter over medium heat. Once bubbling ceases, whisk in flour and cook, whisking continuously, until blonde.","Add remaining ingredients except butter. Once cheese is melted and sauce is smooth, add 1 tbsp butter, whisking continuously until melted. Repeat until all butter has been used.","Gently fold in macaroni and serve warm."],"categories":["Pasta recipes","Recipes using gruyère","Recipes using pasta and noodles","Main course recipes","Side dish recipes","Boiled recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes for macaroni and cheese","Recipes using mascarpone","Recipes using cream cheese","Recipes using emmental","Recipes using fontina","United States recipes","Recipes using heavy cream","Recipes using Swiss cheese","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":"4","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Adult_Macaroni_and_Cheese","source_ref":"4523666","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Adult_Macaroni_and_Cheese&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"61228fff58391908e0f652e4ccf00f9931345806cb9e89a35c703c2dd222bf27","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:34:55Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/adult-macaroni-and-cheese"}