{"id":3252,"slug":"stovetop-mac-n-cheese","title":"Stovetop Mac n' Cheese","description":"This macaroni and cheese recipe will take you back to your childhood. The sauce blends Fontina, Gruyere, Cheddar, and Monterrey Jack with egg yolk in for richness. It's sort of a secret weapon.","ingredients_raw":["½ pound elbow macaroni","6 ounces heavy cream","3 tbsp unsalted butter","3 tbsp flour","1 cup each shredded mild Cheddar, Gruyere, Fontina, and Monterey Jack cheese","4 egg yolks, beaten"],"ingredients_norm":["elbow macaroni","heavy cream","unsalted butter","flour","each shredded mild cheddar gruyere fontina and monterey jack cheese","egg yolk"],"steps":["Heat 1 gallon water to a rolling boil. Add salt and macaroni, and cook macaroni until al dente.","While pasta boils, melt butter in a saucepan or a saucier over medium low heat, and cook until bubbling ceases.","Whisk in flour and cook, whisking continuously, until blonde color is achieved.","Temper in egg yolk. Add cheese and bring to just below a simmer. Cook, whisking continuously, until slightly thickened.","Fold in macaroni and serve warm."],"categories":["Pasta recipes","Recipes using pasta and noodles","Recipes using cheddar","Boiled recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using butter","Recipes for macaroni and cheese","Recipes using egg yolk","Recipes using heavy cream","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using gruyère","Recipes using fontina","Recipes using monterey jack"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Stovetop_Mac_n'_Cheese","source_ref":"4609401","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Stovetop_Mac_n'_Cheese&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"6c0abd97362500a4a18db4fce348d40d5a8be2f039a7398a6a08bc434422e87a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/stovetop-mac-n-cheese"}