Smoked Gouda Cheese Sauce Food

SMOKED GOUDA CHEESE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a small saucepan over low. Melt butter, then add garlic. Cook garlic 1 to 2 minutes, or until fragrant. Whisk in ground mustard, paprika and flour to form a roux. Slowly whisk in milk, whisking vigorously to ensure no lumps remain. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes, whisking occasionally, until it begins to thicken. Add shredded cheese in small handfuls, whisking between each addition to ensure cheese is melted and incorporated into the sauce. Whisk in horseradish, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with dippers of choice!

SMOKED GOUDA MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 10 inch casserole dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook until a roux forms. Stir in the milk, salt and pepper; cook, stirring constantly, until sauce is smooth and thick and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
• Combine cooked pasta and cheese sauce; transfer to prepared dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until heated through.

SMOKED GOUDA CHEESE MACARONI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Put the water, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and the oil in a large, heavy saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 8 minutes. In a small, heavy saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, whisking constantly. Add the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and the white pepper and continue whisking until the sauce is smooth and thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon, about 8 minutes. Remove the white sauce from the heat and stir in the cheese. Continue stirring until the cheese melts. Lightly grease a 6 1/2 by 10-inch casserole dish with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon butter. Combine the cheese sauce and macaroni in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Pour into the prepared casserole and bake until lightly golden on top, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and serve hot. Garnish with parsley.

CHIPOTLE SMOKED GOUDA MAC N' CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter 9"x12" baking pan.
• Cook the pasta in salted water to al dente, then drain and set aside. (Do not rinse the pasta. Rinsing washes away all of the precious remaining cooking liquid that actually helps your sauce stick to the cooked noodles.).
• While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for around five minutes, stirring continuously. Add in the chopped chipotle peppers with the additional adobo sauce and whisk to combine. Stir in the milk and cream and simmer for about ten minutes. Add the shredded cheese and stir to melt until smooth and creamy.
• Add the pasta to the cheese sauce and stir to evenly coat. Transfer the macaroni and cheese to a large casserole dish and set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the panko, salt, paprika, cumin, garlic powder and cayenne then add in the melted butter and stir to combine with a fork. Top the macaroni and cheese with the spiced panko mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 - 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown and the cheese is bubbly.

SMOKED GOUDA

Steps:

• Start 5 briquettes of charcoal on one side of a large barbecue and wait until they are white hot.
• Meanwhile, soak one handful apple wood chips in water.
• Fill an aluminum roasting pan with ice, and put on the other side of the grill.
• Put a piece of tinfoil over the ice, and lay the cheese on top of that so the cheese is slightly below the level of ice, making a boat with the tinfoil so that water cannot come inside.
• Drain the water from the wood chips.
• Add half of the wood chips, and put the lid on. Smoke for ten minutes, and then flip the cheese over and smoke for another ten minutes, adding more wood chips if necessary. Remove, and refrigerate immediately.
• Notes:.
• Though I have found apple wood to be the best for cheese, you can use other wood, but it should be a light smoking wood such as pecan, or maybe maple. Mesquite, and Hickory are definitely not recommended as the smoke is too intense for cheese.