Baked Mac & Cheese
While I was jet-setting over the last week I had been craving mac & cheese, but I didn’t want just any mac & cheese, I wanted something that would be creamy, decadent but not heavy, and have vegetables and pork. I envisioned something that would be addictive and worth all the calories. Hence I knew I couldn’t go to just any and anywhere, so I opted to be safe rather than sorry and bake my own. You know I’m not selfish so I had to share the recipe with you so you too can indulge.
Baked Mac & Cheese
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April x
Utlimate Mac and Cheese
2013-12-06 05:52:33
Serves 6
My favourite comfort food is mac and cheese, this one is packed with special ingredients.
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Ingredients
- .5 lbs macaroni
- 473 ml whole milk
- 1/2 cup of white wine (Sauvignon Blanc was my choice)
- 3 garlic cloves, sliced
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 cup Aged Cheddar, grated
- 1 cup Gruyère, grated
- 1 cup Parmigiano Reggiano, grated
- 1 lb pork belly, diced
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 cup mushrooms, chopped
- 1 cup broccoli, chopped
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 3 tablespoons flour
- Olive Oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Cook pasta according to instructions. Three minutes before it is finished cooking add broccoli to the pot and then strain.
- Cook pork belly, mushrooms, onions and garlic in 2 tbsp of olive oil until pork belly gets some colour (approx 5 minutes).
- Mix the pork belly mixture with macaroni and broccoli along with the sour cream.
- In a saucepan over medium heat add 3 tbsp of butter, milk, whisk flour and cook for a minute before adding 2 cups of the 3 cheese mixture, salt and pepper.
- Grease a casserole dish and fold pasta into cheese sauce.
- Melt 3 tbsp butter in another saucepan then add breadcrumbs.
- Top macaroni with breadcrumbs and the rest of the cheese.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes.
Notes
- When folding the pasta into sauce, if there is sauce left over save it to top mac & cheese before serving.
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…this looks good, I love macaroni & cheese.
There is pork and cheese in this; heaven!!!
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