Baked Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
1/2 pound elbow macaroni
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon dry mustard
3 cups milk
1/2 cup yellow onion diced small
bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon paprika
l lg. egg
12 ounces shredded sharp cheddar cheese
l tsp. kosher salt
fresh black pepper
Topping
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup panko bread crumbs
Preparation
1
Preheat oven to 350
2
Pot of boiling salted water add pasta follow directions
3
In a large pot, melt butter add flour and whisk for about 5 min. or so make sure you have not lumps.Stir in milk, bay leaf, onions, paprika and keep whisking
4
Simmer for about 10 minutes or so.
5
Remove bay leaf
6
Temper in the egg.
7
Stir in about 3/4 of cheese.
8
Season with salt and pepper
9
Spray a large baking dish with Pam
10
Fold in the Macaroni
11
Pour into baking dish
12
Sprinkle rest of cheese over this
13
Make topping
14
Saute butter with panko crumbs
15
Spread on top
16
Bake 30 min or so until nice and brown
Tools
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Other Names:
baked macaroni and cheese
Yield:
4 servings
Added:
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 5:47am
Comments
August 11, 2010
You can substitute a mixture of cheeses.
You can use some half and half in place of some of the milk. I like to play around and make it unique