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My (apparent) life’s mission to discover the greatest mac and cheese recipe from a chef, personality, celebrity – it don’t matter. This time it’s Gordon Ramsay vs. Anthony Bourdain vs. Thomas Keller. Who’s recipe will reign supreme?!
00:00 The Cage Match Brief
01:39 Gordon Ramsay’s recipe
11:28 Anthony Bourdain’s recipe
18:19 Thomas Keller’s recipe
28:44 Order up! The Results
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Recipes:
Gordon Ramsay’s:
10 ounces cauliflower florets
10 ounces dried macaroni
4 Tbsp butter, plus a few extra chunks
¼ cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp English mustard powder
2½ cups whole milk
Pinch of cayenne pepper
Sea salt, to taste
4 ounces sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
3 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated
4 ounces Monterey Jack cheese, grated
3 Tbsp fresh white breadcrumbs
1 Tbsp thyme leaves
Anthony Bourdain’s:
1 pound dry elbow macaroni
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
4½ cups whole milk
2 teaspoons mustard powder
2 teaspoons ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
8 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, grated
4 ounces Gruyère cheese, grated
5 ounces sharp cheddar cheese, grated
3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed
4 ounces cooked and thinly sliced
ham, julienned (optional)
2 teaspoons salt, or more to taste Freshly ground white pepper to taste (optional)
Thomas Keller’s:
8 ounces small elbow macaroni
3 cups Mornay Sauce:
– 4 tablespoon unsalted butter
– 2/3 cup diced yellow onion
– salt
– 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
– 2 2/3 cup milk
– 1 1/3 cup heavy cream
– 1 bay leaf (2 if you’re not driving)
– 4 black peppercorns
– 4 whole cloves
– Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
– Pinch of freshly ground white pepper (or substitute black)
– 1/2 cup emmentaler cheese (or comté)
Heavy cream if needed
1 cup sautéed wild mushrooms or
½ cup julienned Bayonne ham (optional)
Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
Freshly grated nutmeg
2 to 3 teaspoons minced thyme
½ cup grated Comté or Emmentaler cheese
2 to 3 tablespoons panko (Japanese bread crumbs) or dried bread crumbs
47 Comments
2 teaspoons NOT 2 tablespoons! My friends, I misspoke during the review part of this video. Anthony Bourdain’s recipe is 2 tsp of cayenne pepper. Please don’t add 2 tb… unless Danger is your middle name.
I hate bourdain so much, he's so overrated.
So, just like who has the best coney islands in Detroit? American or Lafayette's?
Prob won’t do another Mac and cheese cage match, but.. Ina Garten has a crazy good “adult Mac and cheese” recipe
If you ever do another mac and cheese cage match, look at Hawksmoor (british steakhouse) and their recipe. Its very good.
Those box graters are hellish. The coarse graters by Microplane (knockoffs are usually rubbish) are much better for grating cheese. If you grate a lot of cheese there are rotary hand-cranked graters that can easily grate 600 grams in surprisingly little time but are less trouble to clean than most food processors. Or, yes, just cover most of the dishwasher’s top rack with bits of food processor, if you have a dishwasher.
Mac & Cheese is killer! Ain’t that right Bourdain?
Jamie: "Shout out! to myself"
I know nutmeg is often standard in bechamel, but man I hate it so much! I always leave it out 🤷
Stopped this video. You are terrible and we don’t give a heck about you.
So, Gordon Ramsey’s mac & cheese plus cayenne pepper is a perfect score?
Roux burns like Lava! 😂
1:06 I don't know he's got Ralph steadman art.. and you should have said rest in peace unless it's a very old video….
Congratulations to you both , on the birth of your baby boy! 🎉 enjoy the ride ❤
Can you use an actual southern chef because snoop dog should never have been compared against Martha Stewart. You should try actual chefs like Kardea Brown, or west African chef like Eric Adejepong. I'd love to see that!!!
Jamie should do a meal March madness where he has a bracket style comparison of recipes for a particular dish.
The Cajun napalm gotcha!
The overwhelming whiteness of the chefs you choose to feature is uh… I guess in character. Would really love to see you include chefs of color. Especially for a dish that is very relevant to African American culture. And in Black History month too, smh bro.
Why do you say pasta like pasta, and bagel like bagel? I don’t understand 😂
I wouldn’t worry too much about the cauliflower… Pasta is what has an odd sound to it
It kinda looks like the mornay sauce in the Bourdain recipe split after it was baked. Anyone else see that?
To settle it ….. bring in the wife.
Do Gordon's with a bit of Cayan, boom you got your ultimate mac
Oh no
Now I need to make some! I'm going to use a bit of Anthony and Gordon mixed and see what happens.
My personal recipe? Beer cheese mac and cheese, using a super strong more acidic IPA beer…and sauteed onions left in the final product. Still gets a little nutmeg..but I'll try the mustard addition.
I am embarrassed for anyone or anything that eats…😢
Anti-Chef. I don't know if you're up for this one but it might be too adventurous for you have you ever tried to make a souse loaf or we call it head cheese.
Without seeing the end of the vid, Bourdain's wins hands down. It's Mac and Cheese. That's it. Flavorful and simple bursting with taste and cheesy goodness.
draining the mac on paper towels is just 💀💀💀
God I need a higher powered food processor. My cheddar balled up like crazy using this attachment for mac this christmas.
When Bourdain sees this, he's gonna die!
Can't believe you ate all that cheese and never mentioned your Lactaid! Congrats on the baby. Hope we get a little pic of him. Was that what those three phone calls were about in that episode where the phone rings and you keep looking at it but never say what it is? (And yet you kept it in during the edit). hmmm
I liked the song title nods. Well played, Jamie, well played. ❤.
Tony's looks like the yummiest. I'd leave out the cayenne. I don't like spicy.
I have the Bouchon book also and my feelings on TK are so mixed. Like, a lot of the stuff that I try to make out of there just doesn't… work. Like I'm 100% doing something wrong and my ingredients simply aren't good enough to make something truly remarkable. I know that. But I just have kind of a high miss rate with TK stuff. It's frustrating. But when it does hit, it's an absolute classic, something people remember on for years. Lookin' at you apple fritters. Also the standard vanilla ice cream. Someday I'll make both at the same time.
Thank you for making a more accessible dish! I like it so much better than 4 star frou frou food. I'm a peasant, not a gourmet.
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This episode proves that you can't just let anybody bring the mac&cheese. The only famous macaroni and cheese recipe I'll eat is Patti LaBelle's Over The Rainbow Mac&Cheese.
PSA: Mac&cheese shouldn't be crunchy or crispy at any point.
…oh.. so we're just going to start out with unseasoned boiled cauliflower and unseasoned pasta. Wow. What's next? Raisins? Leeks?
I'm appalled by all 3 recipes. No cookout invitations will be sent.
And didn't Hello Fresh just get caught employing child labor at their factory in Illinois?
I sprinkle some Tony' Cacheret's on my mac & cheese. Hits every time
Owns up to mispronouncing cauliflower, spends the next 30 minutes pounding home the most Canadian "pasta" I've ever heard in my life. Thanks for the great video!
Nutmeg always goes in with spinach and bechamal dishes. In my house.
27:23 Thyme leaves? For Mac and cheese? No, it’s oregano if anything. And I wouldn’t even do that. I would add bacon before adding any herbs to it and I’m Jewish.
Congrats Jamie.
I’ve come to dread the addition of bay leaf to any of your videos. It’s become a joke that grandma tells over and over and over again. It was remotely humorous the first few times. Now it’s only humorous to the nursing home crowd that’s forgotten they’ve heard the whole “I’m not driving” bit countless times before.
Not a fan of muck n’ cheese coma but I’ll watch you cook anything!
You bastard! But yeah, I've been there myself with some grilled cheese sandwich options. The Sophie's Choice is real and thanks for sharing it.