Five Cheeses Brown Butter Chili Mac and Cheese
I know that now’s the season for cookies, peppermint and gingerbread everything, but I just coouldn’t wait to share this recipe for you all. Granted, I could post it when Christmas is over, but let’s face, we’ll be all too busy eating lettuce and veggies as if it was our job.
So, for a second, forget about all those cookies you’re baking these days and join me as I enjoy another bowl of warm, creamy mac & cheese.
Five Cheeses Brown Butter Chili Mac & Cheese.
Sounds dangerously good, I know.
We can always hit the gym later, can we?
Guys, if you’re going to splurge on high-calorie, fatty, decandent food: do it the right way, please. These mac & cheese are the way to go. They’re so great that they’ll make you want to run that extra-mile over and over again. And so worthy!
Sorry that I sometimes forget that this is supposed to be a health food blog… at least I’ve got a recipe for healthy comfort food coming up on Wednesday! You’re going to adore that one, I hope.
I knew I had to make mac & cheese as soon as I saw this recipe at Half-Baked Harvest. What a genius idea to add brie, it makes such a creamy dreamy sauce. So good that you’ll want to pour it on everything!
So I went to my fridge and checked if I had brie. I did, luckily. Though I would have been able to run to the store in my pyjamas just to buy some of that stuff, because I wanted to make mac & cheese so so badly! Then I saw I had at least seven (!!!) different kind of cheeses sitting on the fridge… I might or might now have an unhealthy obsession with them, oh well. But I though that adding seven kind of cheeses to pasta would be too much, even for me.
Brie + Edam + Goat Cheese + Provolone + Mozzarella = cheesy heaven.
And don’t even get me started on the sauce. It’s brown butter sauce!! Come on, you need that in your life. Cheesy, brown-buttery sauce with an amazing spicy kick from the chili.
Oh. So. Good.
And then carb-y macaroni. Topped with garlic-oregano croutons and mozzarella broiled to crispy perfection.
I want to cry because there’s no leftovers.
I’m actually crying, oh well.
You guys go to the store and buy as much cheese as you can fit into your fridge or else you’ll find yourselves crying soon because these mac & cheese aren’t part of your lifes. You’re warned.
- 400 grams uncooked elbow macaroni
- 600 ml. half-skim milk
- 35 grams butter
- 35 grams flour
- salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste
- 1/8-1/4 tsp chili flakes (depends on how much heat you can handle!)
- 60 grams provolone
- 40 grams goat cheese
- 50 grams edam cheese
- 50 grams brie cheese
- 60 grams day-old bread
- garlic powder (to taste)
- dried oregano (to taste)
- a drizzle of olive oil
- 100 grams mozzarella cheese
- Cook pasta al dente, it will continue cooking in the oven.
- To make the sauce, melt butter in a sauce pan. Heat until it gets brown, but don't stop stirring. Remove pan from heat and dump flour at once. Whisk vigorously to remove lumps.
- Bring pan back to the heat and all milk. Heat on medium until sauce thickens. Don't forget to stir it often or it'll burn! Add salt, nutmeg and pepper.
- Add edam, goat cheese, provolone and brie and stir to melt them.
- Add cooked macaroni and chili and stir to cover them in sauce.
- Pour into a baking dish.
- For the topping, toast breadcrumbs and toss them with some olive oil, garlic and oregano. Top pasta with them.
- Put shredded mozzarella on top and bake at 200ºC for 20-25 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and topping is golden.
- Enjoy!
Happy Monday!
Consuelo
72 Comments
You brilliantly managed to take mac and cheese up a notch! For the record, you will forever be associated with browned butter in my mind 🙂
Will I?? That’s superb, thanks!! 😉
Ooooohhhh myyyy. My week is not going to be complete if I can’t have this!!
Aww thank you! 😉
Oh my oh my oh my! This looks YUMMY!!! Have a good week!! Xx
Thank you Johlene! You too have a lovely week! xo
Oh my goodness, 4 different cheeses plus brown butter?! I need this in my life!
You surely do, thanks Meghan! 🙂
What cheesy goodness! The browned butter has to put this dish over the top — this would be a favorite in my house!
It does indeed 😉 Thanks!
you can pretty much say “five cheese” anything and you’ll have my attention, but then follow it up with brown butter, the chili, then macaroni?! girrrl it’s like you’ve read my mind, this rocks!! awesome pics.
Thank you so much Christine! 😀
Mac and cheese is always my splurge choice. And then you throw chili and browned butter in the mix and I am hooked! All that cheesy goodness is making my head spin! How can I crave this at 10 in the morning? I have to be careful visiting your blog Consuelo!
I always crave this stuff, no matter what time it is haha 😉 Thank you!
Whoa, now this is one decadent mac and cheese! It looks so good! I think we can all definitely splurge now and then on things like this!! I know I sure do : )
Thank you so much Ashley! 🙂
This looks so good Consuelo. And of course there’s brown butter in it – it is you who made it after all 😉
I’m a sucker for brown butter, aren’t I? 😉 Thank you!
Wow, this looks incredible Consuelo! I can’t believe how much cheesy goodness is packed in here along with brown butter – this is one delightfully decadent mac & cheese! There would be no leftovers if this was served in our house either 🙂
Thank you so much Kelly! You’re the sweetest 😀
Yes, this does look dangerously good. I have a few men in my life (my hubby and sons) that would devour this dish. I’ll have to try!
Thank you! I hope you all love it 😉
Cheese heaven right here!!! Love it!!
Thanks Ashley! 🙂
The only thing I would add to this is a touch of blue cheese. Otherwise, it looks amazingly gooey and delicious!
It’d be lovely that way as well, but my brothers loathe it haha 😉
I’m not surprised there are no leftovers! Looks so yummy! I don’t think I’ve ever had mac and cheese with brie. Sounds amazing!
Ohh you have to try it then! Thanks 😉
Oh, some warm Chili Mac and Cheese would be perfect on this chilly day. Looks delicious and I love the very sophisticated variety of cheeses used here. I’m pinning!!
Thank you very much, Cindy! x
Woah! Did you say brown butter and mac & cheese? There is always time for the gym later…
Of course, there is 😉 Thanks!
I madly respect the stash of cheeses in your fridge! This mac is SO worth the extra mile, and it’s so cold here, I could use a little extra stick-to-my-ribs comfort food anyway!
Thank you so much Erin! It’s so cold here as well…
Oh wow – this is doing it ‘right’ for sure! I can just picture all the flavors and textures in this mac & cheese. I would definitely make room for this beside all the cookies I’m eating.
So would I! Thanks, Monica 😀
It’s freezing here and mac and cheese is just the comforting warm dinner that I wish I was having. And girl you are right, there is everything to love about this dish!! Definitely worth it.
Thank you Zainab! :–)
I LOVE mac and cheese, and I totally agree that it is the best splurge ever. Always.
Thanks Amy! x
Oh my gosh!!!!!! Comfort food on steroids! This looks crazy good! 🙂 I laughed at this comment in your post –>if you’re going to splurge on high-calorie, fatty, decandent food: do it the right way, please. No doubt! This is definitely comfort food. And I need it right now!!!! Augh! Did I tell you it’s 12 degrees here? Yes! I most definitely need this in my belly right now!
Comfort food on steroids?? That’s just what this stuff taste like lol.
Thank you Kristi and have a nice day!! xo
Wow all that cheese in your fridge?! ahaha Love it! And this mac and cheese looks heavenly!
Thanks Ruby! x
This looks like the most comforting pasta dish ever! I could do with some of that right now! Yum 🙂
Thanks dear! x
Dangerous indeed! I love the cheese combination you used here Consuelo! And brown butter is always a good thing in my book. 🙂 Lovely recipe, my friend. Have a great week!
Thanks Anne, you too have a great week! x
five?! cheese?! brown?! butter?! consuelo, my goodness, what are you DOING to me?! it’s only 10am over here and i’m already dreaming of having this for dinner. your photography is beautiful as well – this just looks mouthwatering! so impressed!
the hobbit kitchen x
I crave this all the time actually haha! Awwh thank you so much, Holly! xo
Indulgence in moderation. 😉 I’m drooling over the ooey gooey cheeses here! Mac and cheese is an old but goodie and I’m loving the cheeses you used. Yum yum. 😉
Thank you Tina 😀
You had me at brown butter. And chili. And mac and cheese. Need it.
Thanks girl! x
I think I melted… just a little.
Okay a lot. HOLY moly. This mac & cheese…. *droollssssss uncontrollably*
hahaha thank you so much, Kammie! x
I’m with you, Consuelo, forget health food for now- give me cheese and carbs! I’ll worry about it in January 😉 This looks so tempting.
hehe Thank you, Allie! 😉
You pretty much just blew my mac and cheese loving mind. Brown butter and five cheese? Life is perfect!
It is! Thank you Pamela 😀
Ohmahgah. If there’s one food group I love above all, it’s cheese! You are so right. This is the way to indulge!
It’s one of my favorites too! Thanks, girl! 🙂
I completely agree with you — If I’m going to eat something indulgent, I want it to be REALLY indulgent and worthwhile. I love the combination of cheeses you used in this recipe. Perfectly melty and gooey, but with a lot of flavor. I think I’d give up eating cookies for an entire week if I could just dig into a big bowl of this mac and cheese : )
So would I, hahaha. Thanks Jamie, I’m so happy you like it! xo
I think we are mac and cheese twins because I just posted mac & cheese this morning. This five cheese yummy, spicy, gooey cheese goodness…and all I had for breakfast was cereal!! Argh! Looks so darn good!
Did you?? Oooh I can’t wait to see your recipe, I’ms ure it tastes delish! Thank you so much! 🙂
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I love cookies and sweets but I will take a savory dish over sweets any day, especially when that savory dish is mac n cheese! I love the brown butter sauce and the five cheeses in your mac n cheese, Consuelo. Pinned!
Thank you so much Julie! ;–)
Another gorgeous recipe from the Brown Butter Queen!
haha thank you! 😉
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