Mac and cheese
Mac and cheese

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mac and cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mac and cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have mac and cheese using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mac and cheese:
  1. Get 1 lb. dried elbow pasta
  2. Take 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
  3. Get 1/2 cup all purpose flour
  4. Take 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  5. Take 2 1/2 cups half and half
  6. Get 4 cups grated medium sharp cheddar cheese divided
  7. Get 2 cups grated Gruyere cheese divided
  8. Prepare 1/2 Tbsp. salt
  9. Take 1/2 tsp. black pepper
  10. Make ready 1/4 tsp. paprika
Steps to make Mac and cheese:
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and grease a 3 qt baking dish (9x13"). Set aside. - Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When boiling, add dried pasta and cook 1 minute less than the package directs for al dente. Drain and drizzle with a little bit of olive oil to keep from sticking.
  2. While water is coming up to a boil, grate cheeses and toss together to mix, then divide into three piles. Approximately 3cups for the sauce, 1 1/2 cups for the inner layer, and 1 1/2 cups for the topping.
  3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over MED heat. Sprinkle in flour and whisk to combine. Mixture will look like very wet sand. Cook for approximately 1 minute, whisking often. Slowly pour in about 2 cups or so of the milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until smooth. Slowly pour in the remaining milk/half and half, while whisking constantly, until combined and smooth.
  4. Stir in spices and 1 1/2 cups of the cheeses, stirring to melt and combine. Stir in another 1 1/2 cups of cheese, and stir until completely melted and smooth. - In a large mixing bowl, combine drained pasta with cheese sauce, stirring to combine fully. Pour half of the pasta mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with 1 1/2 cups of grated cheeses, then top that with the remaining pasta mixture.
  5. Prinkle the top with the last 1 1/2 cups of cheese and bake for 15 minutes, until cheesy is bubbly and lightly golden brown.

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