Sweltering CRAFT Mac and Cheese

By Craft Brew Gal

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb. pasta (I used Rigatoni and it came out perfect)
4 Cups Milk
3-4 tbs Minced Garlic
¼ Cup Butter (salted) or olive oil (I used ½ butter ½ olive oil)
¼ Cup Parmesan Cheese
¼ Cup Cream Cheese
¼ Cup mozzarella cheese
1 slice American cheese (I broke into four pieces to melt easier)
Salt and pepper to taste (I also used rosemary, oregano and basil but you can pick your herbs and spices)
3-4 tbs of flour or potato flakes
1 egg
¼ Cup Baxter’s Summer Swelter Spice/Herb beer (you can sub for another lite beer but I would go with a mild shandy or a mildly spiced lite beer. If the sweetness is too intense it could overpower the cheddar cheese. Baxter’s Summer Swelter was the perfect balance of bitterness and spiced flavor to add to a cheddar mac and cheese. The bitterness from the lime peel in the brew perfectly complements the bitterness in the cheddar cheese) (Jusstttttt saying😛 )

Instructions:
• Wisk together egg, melted butter, flour and milk
• Turn on crockpot to high
• Add pasta and butter egg combo
• Add all other ingredients and spices
• Add beer 

• Stir every 15-20 mins
• Leave on high until noodles begin to soften (that was about half an hour in for me)

• Turn on low stir every 15 minutes until noodles are al dente
• TURN OFF HEAT
• If not for immediate consumption put in fridge and re heat in crockpot on high for 30 minutes to an hour until warm (stir every 10 minutes)

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