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Just Like California Pizza Kitchen Mac & Cheese

St. Louie Suzie · food.com · 2008 · Original

California (asserted)

California (California): non-traditional toppings (BBQ chicken, duck sausage, goat cheese), whole-wheat crust variants; Chez Panisse / Spago / CPK lineage

Baker's percentages

Every ingredient as a percentage of the flour weight (flour = 100%) — the way bakers compare doughs across batch sizes.

Flour

Water

Hydration

Salt

Yeast

Oil

Sauce

Cheese

227g

Dough weight

250g

Process

Bake temp

500°F / 260°C

Bake time

10-12 min

Oven

home standard

Surface

stone

Ingredients (2)

  • cheese otherVelveeta cheese8 oz · 226.8g
  • dairy doughheavy cream1.25 cup · 250g

Toppings (2)

Position matters: under the cheese steams, over the cheese roasts, post-bake stays fresh.

  • over cheeserotini pasta16 oz · 453.6g
  • over cheeseunsalted butter2 tbsp · 36g