{"id":354,"date":"2014-04-21T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/?p=354"},"modified":"2018-12-27T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T01:05:39","slug":"cherry-smoked-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/cherry-smoked-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Smoked Mac &#038; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cherry-Wood Smoked Macaroni &amp; Cheese\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smoked-Mac-Cheese-Open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smoked-Mac-Cheese-Open.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smoked-Mac-Cheese-Open.jpg 1632w, https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smoked-Mac-Cheese-Open-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Smoked-Mac-Cheese-Open-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Smoker is<a href=\"http:\/\/thegood-one.com\/smokers-grills\/the-open-range\/\"> The Good-One One Open Range <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe Ingredients\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tablespoons butter, plus 1\/4 cup (1\/2 stick), divided<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons flour<\/li>\n<li>2 cups milk<\/li>\n<li>3\/4 cup half-and-half<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon Dijon mustard<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons <a href=\"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/sauces-rubs\/traditional\/\">Three Little Pig\u2019s Competition BBQ Sauce<\/a><\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoon <a href=\"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/sauces-rubs\/traditional\/\">Three Little Pig\u2019s Championship BBQ Rub<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4 ounces aged white cheddar cheese, shredded<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd cups sweet corn nib lets<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 pound jumbo elbow macaroni, cooked and drained<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, cubed<\/li>\n<li>8 ounces Colby cheese, cubed<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup cracker crumbs<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup Panko (Japanese-style) breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup unseasoned breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0Heat the smoker to 250 degrees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a large, heavy-bottom pot over medium heat. Whisk the flour into the butter until thoroughly combined to form a roux. Slowly whisk in the milk, then the half-and-half. Whisk in the mustard, barbecue sauce, salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes to develop the flavors. Whisk in the white cheddar and Parmesan cheeses. Stir in the corn, and parsley, then remove from heat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0Stir in the cooked macaroni, then the cubed sharp cheddar and Colby cheeses. Spoon the macaroni and cheese into a buttered 13-by-9-inch baking dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0Melt the remaining one-quarter cup of butter in a small sauce pan. In a medium bowl, combine the cracker, Panko and unseasoned breadcrumbs with the melted butter. Sprinkle the crumb mixture over the macaroni and cheese.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>6<\/strong>. Put baking dish on smoker and apply 1 single piece of seasoned Wild Cherry flavor wood for 30-45 minutes to absorb the sweet cherry smoke.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Pull<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0off smoker and finish in the oven at 350 \u00a0for anther\u00a020-30 minutes\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">until the cheese is bubbly and browned on top.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chris Marks CBBQE (Chief BBQ Expert) \u00a0Three Little Pig&#8217;s BBQ Sauces\/Rubs &amp; Good-One Smoker\/Grills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cherry-Wood Smoked Macaroni &amp; Cheese\u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Smoker is The Good-One One Open Range Recipe Ingredients\u00a0 2 tablespoons butter, plus 1\/4 cup (1\/2 stick), divided&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,17,18,316],"tags":[64,54,65,8,52,13,21,12,9,10,11,76,48,57,34,33,36,50,49,16,15,14,38,37],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bbq-classes","category-bbq-tips","category-recipes","category-side-dishes","category-sides","tag-bar-b-que","tag-barbecue","tag-barbecue-sauces","tag-bbq","tag-bbq-grilling","tag-bbq-rubs","tag-best-bbq-rubs","tag-best-bbq-sauce","tag-champ-rubs","tag-champ-sauces","tag-chris-marks-bbq","tag-dry-rubs-for-meat","tag-grill-barbecue","tag-grilling-sauce","tag-kansas-city-bbq","tag-memphis-bbq","tag-north-carolina-bbq","tag-rubs-for-grilling","tag-smoked-barbecue","tag-smoked-meat","tag-three-little-pigs-championship","tag-three-little-pigs-rubs","tag-three-little-pigs-touch-of-cherry-rub","tag-world-champion-bbq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/three-little-pigs-bbq.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}