{"id":7767,"date":"2016-06-15T00:54:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calamariqueen.wordpress.com\/?p=7767"},"modified":"2016-06-15T00:54:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:54:38","slug":"mac-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/?p=7767","title":{"rendered":"Mac and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi friends! The hubs made this Ina Garten Mac and Cheese recipe a couple of months ago. This is one our favorite pasta recipes ( so decadent). Mac and Cheese is such a comfort food. We skipped the tomato part because I personally don’t like fresh tomatoes, but we did add bacon to our dish. I got the recipe from foodnetwork.com!<\/p>\n

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The making of the cheese sauce!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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cheesy goodness!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n

kosher salt<\/p>\n

vegetable oil<\/p>\n

1 pound elbow macaroni or cavatappi<\/p>\n

1 quart milk<\/p>\n

1 stick of unsalted butter,divided<\/p>\n

1\/2 cup all purpose flour<\/p>\n

12 ounce Gruyere cheese, grated (4 cups)<\/p>\n

8 ounce extra sharp Cheddar,grated (2 cups)<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg<\/p>\n

3\/4 pound fresh tomatoes (4 small) * we skipped this part of the recipe<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 cups fresh white bread crumbs (5 slices, crust removed)<\/p>\n

Directions:<\/p>\n

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.<\/p>\n

Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. Add the macaroni\/cavatappi and cook according to the directions on the package, 6-8 minutes. Drain well.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan, but don’t boil it. Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a large pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk. While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for a minute or two more, until thickened and smooth. Off the heat, add the gruyere,cheddar, 1 tablespoon salt,pepper,nutmeg. Add the cooked macaroni and stir well. Pour into a 3 quart baking dish.<\/p>\n

Slice the tomatoes and arrange on top (*we skipped this part). Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter,combine them with the fresh bread crumbs, and sprinkle on the top.Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and the macaroni is browned on the top.<\/p>\n

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Hi friends! The hubs made this Ina Garten Mac and Cheese recipe a couple of months ago. This is one our favorite pasta recipes ( so decadent). Mac and Cheese is such a comfort food. We skipped the tomato part because I personally don’t like fresh tomatoes, but we did add bacon to our dish. … Continue reading “Mac and Cheese”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calamariqueen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}