Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac & cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Baked Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Baked Mac & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked mac & cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese:
- Get 7 slice Thick cut bacon
- Take 2 cup Elbow macaroni
- Get 1 dash Mustard powder
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp Italian Spices
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup mozzarella
- Make ready 1 1/2 cup Sharp cheddar
- Get 2 1/2 cup Half & half
- Get 2 1/2 tbsp All purpose flour
- Make ready 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1 dash salt
- Prepare 1 scallions
- Take 1 tsp Paprika
- Prepare 1 tsp Cayenne pepper
- Prepare 1 cup Colby jack
Steps 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.
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