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Four-Cheese Mac and Cheese

Instead of starting with a traditional roux, this Four-Cheese Mac and Cheese begins with a sauce made from Hood Cream, Hood Sour Cream, and cream cheese. Add in three more cheeses and the result is the creamiest most flavorful mac and cheese you've ever had!
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Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cheese, pasta
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Confit Garlic: 1 hour
Makes: 4 servings

Ingredients

Confit Garlic

  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 26 garlic cloves, peeled

Mac and Cheese

  • 1 cup Hood Heavy Cream
  • 1 ¼ cup Hood Sour Cream
  • 1 Tbsp cream cheese
  • ½ cup shredded comté cheese
  • ½ cup shredded gruyere cheese
  • ½ cup shredded gouda cheese
  • 1 tsp hot sauce
  • ½ tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tsp chopped thyme
  • 3 cloves confit garlic
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper
  • 2 Tbsp grated parmesan
  • ½ lb. macaroni (or pasta of your choice), cooked according to package directions

Herbed Bread Crumbs

  • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 cups panko bread crumbs
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ cup chopped parsley

Instructions

Confit Garlic

  • Heat oil in small saucepan over low heat. Add peeled garlic cloves. Cook over very low heat until soft, about 1 hour (do not brown). (note: confit garlic can be made up to one month ahead. Keep refrigerated and completely covered in oil).

Mac and Cheese and Assembly

  • Combine Hood Heavy Cream, Hood Sour Cream, and cream cheese in large pot over medium low heat. Let the cream cheese melt and stir in the three shredded cheeses. Continue cooking over medium low heat, whisking constantly until cheese has melted.
  • Add all other ingredients (including the 3 cloves of confit garlic, reserve remaining cloves) except parmesan and mix with a hand blender until combined. 
  • Add cooked pasta and parmesan cheese to pot and stir to coat in sauce. Cook until hot and slightly thickened. 
  • Pour Mac & Cheese mixture into a casserole dish or in individual ramekins, top with herbed bread crumbs, and serve.

Herbed Bread Crumbs

  • In a large sauté pan over medium heat, melt butter with garlic until garlic is lightly toasted. Add panko bread crumbs and toss gently. Stirring occasionally, allow panko to slowly and evenly toast in the butter until golden brown. Season with salt. 
  • Remove from heat and toss in a medium mixing bowl with the chopped parsley. 

Notes

  • Recipe adapted from Hood.com
  • You only need 3 cloves of confit garlic for recipe, but I recommend making it all as you can store in airtight container in fridge and use over the next 2 months.
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