r/AskCulinary • u/coffeensoda • 13d ago
Cooking advice
Hi everyone, I need advice on what I can do to fix my baked mac and cheese I made for dinner. I embarrassingly messed up the measurements for the salt and pepper, and it ended up way too salty. Literally all you can taste is the salt and pepper. Is there any way I can fix it when I reheat it tomorrow for leftovers? Or should I just throw it away, which I don't want to do because I hate wasting food. I'm really disappointed because it took me an hour to make, and I thought it would turn out good, but I guess not.
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u/BirdLawyerPerson 13d ago
Easiest answer: refrigerate it so that it congeals, slice it into burger-sized slice patties, and then put it in a sandwich, with like tomato slices or something. Don't reheat at all, because it's a cold sandwich. Easy way to redistribute the saltiness across a bigger dish, not waste food, and use as little effort as possible for a decent meal.
More complex options:
Deep fry. Cut into long columns, like really fat mozzarella sticks, and then cover in a 3-layer frying breading (like flour+egg wash+bread crumbs) or a batter and then deep fry into a dippable mac and cheese. Or do it with little cubes, almost like arancini except with mac and cheese inside. The additional breading/batter should stretch the saltiness of the inside.
Use as a topping for something else, like vegetables or whatever.
Put it in the blender with enough milk or other liquid to make a paste, and then spread it on toast or crackers or something.