Are elbows really the ultimate option?
We asked the pros to dish.
Once you graduate from the blue box, youll quickly realize that options abound for customizing yourcheesy comfort foodcreation.
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It should be slightly firm yet tender when you try a sample.
This way, it will absorb just the right amount of sauce and stay creamy without turning mushy.
The corkscrew shape holds onto the cheese sauce fabulously and the ridges give it a pleasing texture.
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Macaroni noodles are small enough so theyre easy to eat.
The noodles often interlock with others, Bowser says, amplifying its cheese-holding abilities.
The tubes absorb the sauce beautifully, Console says.
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The tube shape makes it efficient at conveying plenty of cheese sauce.
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Orecchiette
The final pasta cut Console is keen on is this ear-shaped alternative.
Korean rice cakes work incredibly and surprisingly well with creamy sauces.
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Just boil the baton-shaped rice cakes briefly to get them soft, or soak them for 20 minutes.
They give such a wonderful, almost gnocchi-like texture to your creamy pasta, Kim says.
Pasta thats too thin or smooth isn’t the right choice for mac and cheese, Clarke verifies.
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You want something with grooves or tubes.
Spaghetti
Similarly,meatballs BFF isnt your best bet for cheesy mac.
Angel Hair
Even worse would be this long, smooth, and super-thin pasta.
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