In the Kitchen: Mac & Cheese Hot Potato

In the kitchen today, we welcome Chef Mike McAteer from The Hot Potato Food Truck making Mac & Cheese Hot Potato. This is a custom mac and cheese blended in the potato…“a meal in a peel.“ The Hot Potato Food Truck will be at the Cranston Fall Festival on Sept. 24.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup Cavatappi pasta
• 1 XL Russet potato
• 3 cheese sauce ( Milk , American cheese, Monterey Jack , Cheddar cheese )
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Applewood bacon crumbles

Directions:

1. Bake potato 1 1/2 hours
2. Boil pasta (al dente)
3. Slice open potato & add melted butter
4. Spoon on a heaping of Mac & Cheese and top with applewood smoked bacon crumbles
5. Enjoy!