Mac and Cheese
"This is my favourite Mac and Cheese recipe. To temper the egg, crack it in a small bowl and add a bit of the hot liquid to it a bit at a time while whisking until the egg mixture is the same temperature as the hot liquid, then slowly mix it in the liquid mixture."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (386.4 g)
- Calories 1037.4
- Total Fat - 66.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 29.2 g
- Cholesterol - 166.3 mg
- Sodium - 1248.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 74.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 9.5 g
- Sugars - 1.3 g
- Protein - 40 g
- Calcium - 748.2 mg
- Iron - 4.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 9.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2
Cook pasta al dente.
Step 3
While the pasta cooks, in a separate pot melt 3 tablespoons butter.
Step 4
Whisk in flour and mustard; keep it moving for 2 to 3 minutes minutes, ensuring there are no lumps.
Step 5
Stir in milk, onion, bay leaf and paprika. Simmer for 5 minutes and remove bay leaf.
Step 6
Temper in the egg (adding some hot liquid to it before mixing it in).
Step 7
Stir in 3/4 of the cheese.
Step 8
Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Step 9
Fold in pasta and pour into a buttered 2 quart casserole dish.
Step 10
Top with remaining cheese.
Step 11
Melt remaining butter in a sauté pan and toss in bread crumbs.
Step 12
Top macaroni with bread crumbs and bake for 30 minutes.
Step 13
Remove from oven and let rest 5 minutes before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.