Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mac and cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mac and cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Mac and cheese is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Macaroni and cheese—also called mac 'n' cheese in the US, macaroni cheese in the United Kingdom—is a dish of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar. Duh, that's what Mac and cheese is about!! This baked mac and cheese is a family favorite recipe, loved by both children and adults.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mac and cheese using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mac and cheese:
- Make ready 1 lb. dried elbow pasta
- Take 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- Get 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups whole milk
- Make ready 2 1/2 cups half and half
- Get 4 cups grated medium sharp cheddar cheese divided
- Prepare 2 cups grated Gruyere cheese divided
- Take 1/2 Tbsp. salt
- Get 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- Make ready 1/4 tsp. paprika
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Steps to make Mac and cheese:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 3 qt baking dish (9x13"). Set aside. - Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When boiling, add dried pasta and cook 1 minute less than the package directs for al dente. Drain and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil to keep from sticking.
- While water is coming up to a boil, grate cheeses and toss together to mix, then divide into three piles. Approximately 3cups for the sauce, 1 1/2 cups for the inner layer, and 1 1/2 cups for the topping.
- Melt butter in a large saucepan over MED heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk to combine. Mixture will look like very wet sand. Cook for approximately 1 minute, whisking often. Slowly pour in about 2 cups or so of the milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until smooth. Slowly pour in the remaining milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until combined and smooth.
- Stir in spices and 1 1/2 cups of the cheeses, stirring to melt and combine. Stir in another 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until completely melted and smooth. - In a large mixing bowl, combine drained pasta with cheese sauce, stirring to combine fully. Pour half of the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with 1 1/2 cups of grated cheeses, then top that with the remaining pasta mixture.
- Prinkle the top with the last 1 1/2 cups of cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheesy is bubbly and lightly golden brown.
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