bdunn's mac and cheese

[fluffhead77]

Ok here it is - been working on this recipe for a while now and I'm happy to share it with you monkeys. Good eatin'!

Ok, here's what you need.

1 tablespoon of olive oil.

1 cup Panko

Chorizo ( 1 cup, diced)

Thick cut bacon (4 slices, diced)

Mozzarella ( 2 cups shredded)

Sharp, White old cheddar ( 3 1/2 cups - half cup reserved)

1/2 cup Finely shredded parmesan

4 tablespoon flour

4 tablespoon butter

1L 2% milk

1 tablespoon of Dijon

Tsp of Worcestershire sauce

1 rounded tsp garlic powder

1 tablespoon hot sauce (optional)

3/4lb medium shell pasta

1. Heat sauté pan w/ oil. Sauté sausage and bacon until almost crisp. Drain on paper towel.

2. Cook pasta until firm, but just slightly undercooked. Almost al dente. Drain, and rinse with cold water until cool.

3. In large sauce pan or fry pan, melt butter over medium heat. Once melted, add flour and stir continuously for about 2- minutes. It should start to turn a golden colour.

3. Once you have that golden colour, whisk in the milk slowly. *It does help to have the milk a little warm before adding it but its not necessary.

4. Turn the burner to medium low and continue whisking. Add Worcester, Dijon and garlic powder, hot sauce.

Continue to whisk until the sauce begins to bubble.

5. Once bubbling, remove from heat and begin to whisk in the cheese a handful at a time. Wait until each handful is melted before adding the next.

6. Add the meat to the sauce, and stir in. Salt and pepper to taste.

7. Mix parmesan and half cup white cheddar in a bowl well with the panko.

8. Put half of the pasta in a 9 x 13 glass or ceramic casserole dish. Cover in 1/2 the sauce. Add the other half of the pasta and top with rest of sauce. Shake sauce down into the dish by wiggling the goddamn hell out of it.

9. Top with the panko parm mix.

10. Bake at 350 for about 30 mins uncovered. Broil for the last 5 mins to crisp up the top.

11. Enjoy the shit out of it.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

much obliged, bdunn!

[ollie]

Whoa! How many people does this feed? That's a lot of milk and cheese.

[fluffhead77]

This makes enough for 4 people as a real decent portion. Or me with a lot of self loathing.

[ollie]

Yeah, now that I think about it that makes sense, the one I make usually feeds 2 and has almost half a litre of milk. I think I'll incorporate some of your ideas into my base recipe.

Ha, ha, yes, the self loathing. I have to cut myself off when I eat mac and cheese.

[fluffhead77]

Yeah, especially since I'm lactarded.

[Booche]

4 slices of bacon?

I thought I knew you Fluff. I thought I knew you.

[fluffhead77]

Thick cut, beaaaatch - did you also miss the cup of diced chorizo?

[Booche]

Seen it all. Feeds 4 people and there are 4 slices. Thick or not, I feel like I have been shortchanged.

[fluffhead77]

Let's compare bellies and then maybe we can see that really, you've just been shortchanging yourself.

[bradm]

Let's compare bellies

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Aloha,

Brad

[Davey Boy 2.0]

how quickly a food thread can turn into sexytime around here

[Booche]

I'm in Fluff as long as we can add some spacedocking while comparing guts.

[fluffhead77]

Let no dock go unspaced.

[fluffhead77]

Great tune, BTW, Brad

If I was a betting man, I'd say this song might be a large inspiration for Moxy Früvous.

[Davey Boy 2.0]

Had this last night, meant to say thank you here but I couldn't move

so bedankt, bdunn

[Davey Boy 2.0]

artist's rendition of my first bite

[fluffhead77]

Nice!! Any tweaks you care to suggest?

[bradm]

artist's rendition of my first bite

Was it salty?

Aloha,

Brad

[Davey Boy 2.0]

maybe an enema

Edited January 11, 2013 by Guest