The special ingredient in this vegetarian entrée or side dish is cheese! The recipe calls for 2.5 cups Swedish fontina or Red Leicester cheese.
J and I ventured into Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, in our opinion the mecca for cheese in Pike Place Market, and asked if they make either a fontina or Red Leicester. They do not but recommended a substitute: Beecher’s Flagship cheddar. We accepted the substitute and used it to make this fancy mac & cheese, which is basically what this casserole dish is all about. Here are some views inside the shop:
You can see that Beecher's also makes their own fancy Mac & Cheese using the Flagship and Just Jack cheese.
Honestly, there isn’t too much to say about this one. If you like mac & cheese and don’t mind grating up a mound of speciality cheese and then watching it melt, this recipe is for you.
You can see that Beecher's also makes their own fancy Mac & Cheese using the Flagship and Just Jack cheese.
Honestly, there isn’t too much to say about this one. If you like mac & cheese and don’t mind grating up a mound of speciality cheese and then watching it melt, this recipe is for you. 
I've made the Mac "n Cheese recipe in one of Beecher's cookbooks. What I like about it is that he gives you a basic definition of the various kinds of cheeses you can use in the recipe. The cheese sauce is wonderful. What we did was get a container of Costco Mac 'n Cheese and mix in some of the Beecher's cheese sauce. We took it to a huge Thanksgiving dinner and it was gone in 5 minutes.
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