Sauce – Homemade mac and cheese always loses its creaminess and gets dry after sitting out a short while

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How do I keep the pasta from absorbing all the liquid?

Best Answer

Honestly, you either eat it fresh, or accept it will congeal.

There are 2 factors going on,

  1. the pasts will keep absorbing water until there's almost none left

  2. the cheese will set as it cools.

The upside is 'yesterday's mac cheese' is great in & of itself.

Your only 'fix' is make it wetter or eat it sooner.