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walton_eatsTotal comfort food.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
5 cups milk
3 cups coarsely shredded Longhorn cheddar cheese
3 cups coarsely shredded Irish cheddar cheese (Dubliner is the brand I use)
1 lb dry elbow macaroni
Melt butter in large saucepan. Combine flour, mustard, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add to melted butter and blend until smooth. Add milk and stir and cook until mixture becomes thick and starts to simmer. Add 2 cups Longhorn cheddar and 2 cups Irish cheddar to the mixture and stir until cheese melts smoothly into milk/flour mixture. Taste sauce and adjust for seasonings.
In the meantime, cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and combine with cheese mixture. Pour into a buttered baking dish and sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake for 40 minutes in a 350F oven until lightly browned and bubbly. Let stand for ten minutes before serving.
Options:
Add a little heat by adding a small amount of ground cayenne pepper to the cheese sauce.
Add some grated yellow onion to the sauce before combining with macaroni.
Sprinkle the top of the casserole with bread crumbs before baking.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all purpose flour
2 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
5 cups milk
3 cups coarsely shredded Longhorn cheddar cheese
3 cups coarsely shredded Irish cheddar cheese (Dubliner is the brand I use)
1 lb dry elbow macaroni
Melt butter in large saucepan. Combine flour, mustard, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add to melted butter and blend until smooth. Add milk and stir and cook until mixture becomes thick and starts to simmer. Add 2 cups Longhorn cheddar and 2 cups Irish cheddar to the mixture and stir until cheese melts smoothly into milk/flour mixture. Taste sauce and adjust for seasonings.
In the meantime, cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and combine with cheese mixture. Pour into a buttered baking dish and sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bake for 40 minutes in a 350F oven until lightly browned and bubbly. Let stand for ten minutes before serving.
Options:
Add a little heat by adding a small amount of ground cayenne pepper to the cheese sauce.
Add some grated yellow onion to the sauce before combining with macaroni.
Sprinkle the top of the casserole with bread crumbs before baking.
