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Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Baked Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Prepare 7 slice Thick cut bacon
- Make ready 2 cup Elbow macaroni
- Get 1 dash Mustard powder
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp Italian Spices
- Get 1 1/2 cup mozzarella
- Take 1 1/2 cup Sharp cheddar
- Get 2 1/2 cup Half & half
- Take 2 1/2 tbsp All purpose flour
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Make ready 1 dash salt
- Prepare 1 scallions
- Take 1 tsp Paprika
- Get 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
- Get 1 cup Colby jack
This dish makes for a great side dish that the family will love, or a fun casserole to bring to your next potluck dinner. Can't wait to have the others. Baked Mac and Cheese Even people who have had their own homemade baked macaroni and cheese recipe for years ask for mine when they taste this crumb-topped version. For the best baked mac and cheese, use extra-sharp white cheddar cheese for more flavor.
Instructions to make Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add salt.
- Boil pasta to al dente, drain and store.
- In a large pot, melt down butter using low heat.
- Add 1 tbsp of all purpose flour to butter, stirring constantly to prevent lumping of flour.
- Repeat step 5 for the remaining all purpose flour.
- Cook flour in butter for approximately 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Add 1 cup of half & half and mix constantly. Add mustard powder, cayenne pepper, paprika, and Italian spices.
- Add remaining half & half, constantly stirring.
- Continue heating mixture on low heat for approximately 5 minutes.
- Slowly add cheese into sauce while stirring. The cheese should not stick at all. Continue adding remaining cheese and mix until cheese is completely melted and there is a consistency.
- Place bacon into oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Chop up bacon and scallions.
- Slowly mix pasta into cheese sauce. Place pasta into a Pyrex dish.
- Place Colby Jack cheese on top of pasta, top off with bacon and scallions.
- Bake pasta at 450°F for 35-40 minutes.
- Cheese should be browned and crisp when removing pasta from oven. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then serve.
The reason is that this is baked mac and cheese so the pasta will continue to cook in the homemade cheese sauce in the oven. I used elbow pasta but really, any tubular past will work. This mac and cheese recipe starts with a roux. The roux is super important to getting the creamiest cheese sauce of your life. The ultimate classic Baked Mac and Cheese, with an insane cheesy sauce and topped with an irresistible golden, buttery breadcrumb topping.
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