Whip Up Mac And Cheese Just Like Alia Bhatt And Soni Razdan, Here’s How!

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 3 qt baking dish (9x13").  Set aside.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and add dried pasta, let it cook 1 minute less than the package directs for al dente. Drain and drizzle with olive oil to keep it from sticking.

While water is coming up to a boil, shred the cheeses and toss them together to mix, then divide them into three piles.

-Approximately 3 cups for the sauce, 1 1/2 cups for the inner layer, and 1 1/2 cups for the topping.

Melt butter in a large saucepan over MED heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk to combine. The mixture will look like very wet sand.  Cook for approximately 1 minute, whisking often.

-Slowly pour in about 2 cups, while whisking constantly, until smooth. Slowly pour in the remaining half and half plus the whole milk, while whisking constantly, until combined and smooth.

Continue to heat over MED heat, whisking very often, until thickened to a very thick consistency.  It should almost be the consistency of a semi-thinned-out condensed soup.

Remove from the heat and stir in spices and 1 1/2 cups of the cheeses, stirring to melt and combine.  Stir in another 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until completely melted and smooth.

Pour half of the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish.  Top with 1 1/2 cups of shredded cheese, then top that with the remaining pasta mixture.

Sprinkle the top with the last 1 1/2 cups of cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheesy is bubbly and lightly golden brown.  

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