New Orleans Mac & Cheese (Veggie ‘Holy Trinity’ & Bucatini Pasta) | Food Wishes

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Hello, this is Chef John from foodwishes.com with New Orleans Mac and Cheese.

That's right. I'm very excited to show you my version of this, which is not necessarily how they make it there, but rather how I think it should be made there, since I'm going to add a few ingredients that quite frankly, I'm shocked are not already being commonly used. And I think they make this even more special than it already is.

And to get started, we will add some diced onions to a little bit of olive oil that we have in a pot set over mediumigh

heat. And after tossing in a nice big pinch of salt, we will cook those, stirring for about 2 minutes just to give them a head start before we add our celery and our diced bell pepper. And in New Orleans, these three ingredients are referred to as the Holy Trinity, and they are the aromatic vegetable base for many of the city's most delicious recipes.

And what we'll do is continue cooking our Holy Trinity, stirring for another 3 or 4 minutes or so, or until

our onions turn translucent, and our pepper and celery just start to soften up. And when I heard there was a thing called New Orleans Mac and Cheese, I was 100% positive the Holy Trinity would be involved. But much to my shock and surprise, it was not. But I am so glad I included them here since I thought they did wonderful things.