Melty Slices "mac n cheese" flavoured

Hi there,

Long time viewer first time posting. Im an apprentice chef in my second year and I'm starting to experiment a little at home with a few ideas.

I recently attempted the "melty cheese slices" but with a few variations of my own. the taste was amazing and paired well with cheese burgers but in terms of the consistency and how the product turned, it could be improved. after 8hours the product was still soft and crumbly and it didn't really melt like it did in the video. Any ideas how I could change this so that it comes out smooth? here is what i used.

10.5g garlic powder

9g salt

1.8g sodium hexametaphosphate

9g sodium citrate

172 gruyere

200 cheddar

180g milk

20g smoked sweet paprika

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brian_martin2001

I compared your recipe to the recipe from ChefSteps. I tweaked some of the major ingredients, however, I'm not touching the spices. These are more of a "to taste" measurements, so you'll need to adjust them as to your tastes. Anyway, here's my two cents worth (and that's probably being a little generous

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10.5 g garlic powder

4 g salt

.75 g sodium hexametaphosphate

9 g sodium citrate

138.7 g gruyere

161.3 g cheddar

120 g milk

20 g smoked sweet paprika

30 g Butter

Good luck!

fisher23

I agree with @brian I would cut down on the cheeses and the sodium hexametaphosphate. The only time mine was crumbly was when I added too much cheese. I fixed it by shreding and remelting then re-blended it with additional hot milk and the texture was more like store bought processed cheese. That time is was ok maybe a little too soft. Now that I have found CS I have a consistent recipe that works. This is what helped me the most. When making the cheese initially make sure you mix the SC and SH very well with the milk and then blend the cheese thoroughly and don't add to much cheese without increasing the rest of the ingredients. Hope this helps.

Elliot_296401

will try this for sure! will let you know how it goes

Elliot_296401

will let you know how it goes, cheers for your help!

brian_martin2001

Please do! Good luck!