fried mac and cheese balls cheesecake factory

I used the bread crumbs I had available, a mix of regular and whole wheat bread crumbs. Put the bread crumbs into another shallow bowl.

Beat the eggs and 2 tablespoons milk together to form an egg wash and pour it into a shallow bowl.

TIP: If you’re using wax paper for actual baking, then you might not really need wax paper, you can substitute with aluminum foil or a metal pan. I forgot to buy wax paper at the store, so instead I used a regular cookie sheet and sprayed it with cooking spray. This took up a lot of room in the freezer, so beware. It makes this sooo much easier if you have an ice cream scooper!! Freeze the balls overnight. Shape the cold mac and cheese into meatball-sized balls and place them onto a waxed paper-lined tray.Next time I think I will use White Cheddar and Fontina instead of Gouda. Also, one commenter said she called Cheesecake Factory and they told her they used White Cheddar, Fontina, and Jack cheeses. If you want more cheesy I would def substitute Velveeta and, if you want more of an American mac and cheese flavor substitute American for Gouda. What I liked is that these balls were cheesy, but not too gooey, so they didn’t feel too heavy. Personally, I think 1 lb of smoked Gouda was too over overpowering of a flavor. One comment on a review said she used Velveeta cheese. This wasn’t too shallow and in retrospect I should have left them in the fridge for another hour or so. I didn’t have a large enough pan so I used the big pot I boiled the maccaroni in (which had cooled by now). Pour the mac and cheese into a shallow pan and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours. I found I needed to put this over heat again in order to get the cheese to melt. Cook until the sauce thickens, about 2 minutes.Remove from the heat, add the cheeses, and stir until melted and smooth season with salt and pepper. Whisk the warmed milk into the flour mixture, working out any lumps.

Sprinkle the flour into the butter and stir it with a whisk.

In a saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat.

Drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.

Cook the macaroni according to package instructions.

It produced a more golden brown coloring than regular vegetable oil. Vegetable oil, for frying I didn’t have enough vegetable oil so I used olive oil.

2 cups milk, warmed, plus 2 tablespoons for egg wash.

1 pound Cavatappi (also called cellentani or double elbows, is macaroni formed in a spiral tube shape with ridges) In the interest of trying to be health conscious I used whole wheat maccaroni elbows, they turned out great and no one noticed the pasta was whole wheat.

I searched the web and found the recipe below over and over claiming to be the secret recipe.

Fried mac and cheese balls cheesecake factory