Canadian Livings Macaroni And Cheese With Ham Food

MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente; drain and reserve. Meanwhile, in a 5-quart heavy pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk in flour to coat onion. In a slow steady stream, whisk in milk until there are no lumps.
• Cook, whisking often, until mixture is thick and bubbly and coats the back of a wooden spoon, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in cayenne, if using, and 1 cup each yellow and white cheddar cheese. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Toss pasta with cheese mixture; fold in ham. Transfer to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish or individual dishes. Set aside.
• In a food processor, pulse bread until large crumbs form. Toss together with remaining 1/4 cup each white and yellow cheddar, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Top pasta with breadcrumb mixture. Bake until top is golden, about 30 minutes.

CANADIAN LIVING'S MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH HAM

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; saute onion and ham until onion is soft.
• Add flour and cook, stirring until well mixed.
• Slowly add milk, whisking constantly, until mixture starts to thicken.
• Add mustard, salt, pepper and cayenne.
• Stir in cheddar cheese until just melted.
• While making sauce, cook macaroni in a separate pot, until tender but firm.
• Drain and put back into pot.
• Combine with sauce, then pour into a 2 litre baking dish or casserole dish.
• In a small bowl combine parmesan and bread crumbs.
• Sprinkle over macaroni mixture.
• Broil for about 3 minutes, until brown.

BLUE PLATE MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH HAM

Steps:

• Fix mac n' cheese as directed on package, but a bit al dente.
• Saute onions in butter/oil for 5 minutes.
• Mix with gravy.
• Add ham, gravy, and cheese to macaroni, mix well.
• (reserve a bit of cheese for top).
• Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH CAULIFLOWER AND HAM

Steps:

• Blanch cauliflower for 5 minutes.
• Refresh under cold water; drain well.
• Cook pasta until al dente.
• Refresh under cold water; drain well.
• Cook onion in 1 tblsp butter over moderately-low heat until softened; stir in flour and cook 2 minutes.
• Whisk in milk, cream, Worcestershire Sauce, ketchup, mustard powder, cayenne pepper and nutmeg and bring just to a boil, stirring, and simmer for 3 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350F and place rack in center of oven.
• Add 1 cup of Cheddar and all of the Parmesan, stirring, until completely melted.
• Stir in macaroni, cauliflower and ham and season.
• Mound into prepared baking dish and top with remaining Cheddar.
• Toss breadcrumbs with remaining 2 tsps butter (melted) and sprinkle over cheese.
• Bake for 25 minutes, or until topping is golden.