Mac and Cheese
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Recipe: #2605
November 15, 2011
Categories: Dinner, Lunch, Main Dish, Pasta, North American, Kid Pleaser, Quick Meals, Oven Bake, Stove Top, Make it from scratch more
"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 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 & Variations
No special items needed.
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