Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese
Make your own Mac and Cheese. It’s easy and tastes better in my opinion. This recipe bakes quickly in the dish and adds a wonderful crisp texture to the meal. It calls for goat cheese (or light cream cheese) and cheddar. My secret is to serve it with apple sauce! Yummy!
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Homemade Baked Mac and Cheese
Ingredients serve 4:
Macaroni:
- 1/2 a pack (220 g/ 8 oz) of macaroni pasta
- 1/2 a cup of butter
- 1/4 cup of all purpose flour
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 cup of soft unripened goat cheese or light cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp of salt
- 1/2 tsp of pepper
- 1/8 tsp of nutmeg
- 2 tsp of mustard
Crispy Topping:
- 1 cup of grated cheddar
- 1 cup of Japanese style bread crumbs like Panko
- 2 tbsp of butter cut into small pieces
- 2 tbsp of chopped parsley
- Optional: 2 tbsp of bacon bits
The dish before baking
Baked and ready to serve
Procedure:
- Preheat the oven to 400 F
- In a large pot bring water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook for 8 minutes. Drain and rinse to cool.
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the flour. Stir and cook for about 3 minutes until bubbling.
- Add the milk and stir together. Once thoroughly mixed, add the Goat Cheese, Salt, Pepper, and Dijon Mustard.
- Cook the mix until it thickens, about 4 minutes.
- Add cooked macaroni and stir together. Pour into a casserole dish.
- In a small bowl mix together the cheddar, bread crumbs, butter, and parsley. Spread this over the macaroni and cheese. Add the bacon bits.
- Bake for 15 – 20 minutes until the top is golden brown and serve hot with apple sauce.
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