The BEST Mac & Cheese Hack (That You Won't Have Tried Before!) | Food Hacks | Jock Zonfrillo

My secret weapon for Mac & Cheese... Cottage Cheese! It's simple, healthier and no one even notices the difference!
What homemade recipe would you like to see me cook next on my channel?
Cottage cheese is a great sauce thickener and is so much quicker than the standard Mac & Cheese method of making a roux from multiple cheeses. I’m using @BullaFamilyDairy because it’s got some serious nutritional cred for the kids but if it’s just me, of course I’ve got to add chunky lardons of smoked speck!
🧑‍🍳 INGREDIENTS:
• 100g mezze rigatoni pasta
• 2L water
• 10g + 2g smoked salt
• 10g grapeseed oil
• 150g smoked speck
• 200g cottage cheese
• 2 egg yolks
• 10g hickory spice rub
• white pepper
🧑‍🍳 METHOD:
Season a large pot of boiling water with 10g smoked salt and bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente.
Heat the grapeseed oil in a heavy based pan over medium heat. Add the speck and fry until caramelised. Remove the speck with a slotted spoon, reserving the rendered fat.
Blend half of the cottage cheese until smooth, then whisk together the remaining cottage cheese, egg yolks, hickory spice rub, 2g smoked salt and a touch of white pepper.
Heat the cottage cheese mixture in a saute pan over medium heat stirring constantly until it reaches a simmer, then remove from heat. Stir in the rendered speck fat, if using.
Strain the cooked pasta, reserving the pasta water. Add the cooked pasta and speck to the cottage cheese sauce and stir to coat. Use the reserved pasta water to adjust the consistency of the sauce (it should be looser than how you want to serve it).
Cover with a tea towel and rest for 2-3 minutes before serving.
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[@smr9239]

This man will be dearly missed. An absolute legend

[@nedanicolas8192]

Delicious! Can’t wait to make this for the kids!

[@heartshapedisle]

Awesome. Have made quite a few times. Without the lardons. About to try it with baked steamed cauliflower and a crunchy crust with breadcrumbs , butter and pecorino.

[@fishfootface]

That sounds yummy 😋

[@heartshapedisle]

@@fishfootface it was 😋

[@moobutt]

Oh, just get some shells, add a 1lb container of cottage cheese 🧀, half a stick of butter 🧈, little ham or bacon 🥓 if ya want, cook low to melt tue cheese and season with salt pepper and some paprika. Boom, super simple and heavenly comfort

[@5mbbuilders459]

Loving it

[@srijanyasriram]

The fact that he understands that pasta is ✨an amazing breakfast✨
Also the Mickey Mouse shirt 😭😭

[@vinsongk]

Do you have a vego substitute recommendation for the speck? :) this looks delisssh

[@jockzonfrillo]

i'd probably just leave it out because it's still so good without speck. But if you want a meaty bite, chunky caramelised mushrooms are the way to go

[@dennisholmes1948]

😉These are similar ingredients and methodology to a carbonara dish. So is spagetti carbonara also for breakfast?

[@valarmathyhoney]

I need this in my life😭😭

[@AndrewIrving69]

Pretty much just a carbonara though innit

[@jockzonfrillo]

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[@AndrewIrving69]

Cheese, eggs, pasta water and cured pork I have been reinforced

[@AndrewIrving69]

It’s a cottage cheese carbonara jock you gotta admit it

[@jockzonfrillo]

@@AndrewIrving69 carbonara cannot be cottage cheese simple as that. Ciabatta and focaccia are both bread but they are not the same right?

[@hypereric5526]

Super low calorie

[@karenho7837]

Best I could do, I’m sure it doesn’t compare to yours.