Looking Really Good: Greek Mac and Cheese Saveur

I got a little inarticulate when confronted with this Greek mac and cheese. All I could say to myself was: Looks good. Looks really, really good. Um, do I have any feta?

This recipe puts a spin on mac and cheese. In some ways it's straightforward: there is a béchamel sauce of cheese, milk, and flour, and the pasta is familiar macaroni. But then we get mix-ins of gently cooked shallots and spinach, and a healthy helping of dill. The whole dish is finished with toasty breadcrumbs and crumbled feta cheese.

It sounds fresh and interesting, and yet so comforting too, on these rainy spring days. Have you ever made anything similar? Or have you tried this recipe?

• Get the recipe: Greek Mac and Cheese at Saveur

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• Recipe: Brie-Style Mac and Cheese with Mushrooms
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• Easy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
• Lighter Mac and Cheese Casserole

(Image: Todd Coleman/Saveur)

Comments (11)

O. M. G. I think I nearly had the same reaction you had! I instantly printed the link so I could make this!

However, looking at the recipe - I'm going to have to eat this on one of my "cheat" days, or instead look for ways to cut calories. 9Tbs of butter, 3 Cups milk and 4 Cups of cheese (the feta doesn't count!)

Definitely a 'comfort food'! Thanks for the link :)

Wow! I have a bunch of dill and was thinking what to do! Making this for sure! Yummy.

I will definitely have to do this, vegan styles. I'll use a nutritional yeast/cashew cheese sauce, and add some capers and kalamata olives instead of the feta. I adore greek flavours, and they seem so spring-like to me.

bag the butter, the cheese has enough fat to carry the flavor and a simple white sauce without 9T of butter would be fine. otherwise, it looks inviting.

Hmm, anyone else think that this "greek mac and cheese" sounds suspiciously like pastitsio (sans meat)?!

It does sound delicious though. I love pastitsio and I happily track down the kefalotyri cheese to make it (feta is ok if you can't find kefalotyri) but I'd definitely give Psilakis's recipe a whirl in the kitchen.

I like how this is a recipe for Meatless Monday - but the amount of saturated fat in this is astronomical.

Bag the butter? Absolutely not! Butter is a key ingredient for flavor in many dishes. Concerned about the fat? Do some extra walking to burn it off. Contrary to what some people seem to think, you can burn off fats you consume. This dish sounds absolutely delicious, and I wouldn't change a thing about it.

This is too rich for me too, but who needs to follow a recipe? Just sub in feta in your standby mac & cheese and mix in the spinach & shallots. I have never used anything CLOSE to 9TBs of butter in my mac & cheese, and it's plenty rich as it it. (I do use evaporated milk for the bechemal.) It looks delicious!