Gourmet Mac N Cheese Food

GOURMET FOUR CHEESE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• PLEASE NOTE: This is a BAKED macaroni and cheese, therefore, it will NOT turn out with a lot of extra cheesy sauce asis absorbed into the pasta while baking. If you require an extra saucy mac & cheese, just reduce the amount of pasta you place into the dish or make more sauce so it is creamier. Thanks so much for making this dish; I hope you enjoy it! :).
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 3 quart rectangular baking dish with non-stick spray. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling.
• Toss all the shredded cheeses together in a large bowl, set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour until smooth and slightly bubbly.
• In a thin stream, whisk in the milk. Stir in the onion powder, salt, nutmeg, dried mustard and cayenne.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Remove from heat; whisk in 2 1/2 cups of the cheese mixture and stir until smooth. Cover to retain the heat.
• Once water boils, add pasta. Cook until your desired doneness, then drain. In the pasta container, stir together the cooked pasta and cheese sauce.
• Pour half of the mixture into the prepared dish. Sprinkle with a generous cup of the reserved cheese. Spoon remaining cheese-covered pasta into the dish and top with the remaining cheese.
• Add 1 cup of Japanese Panko Bread crumbs to the top of mixture.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the Panko crumbs are lightly browned and the cheese is bubbly. Cool slightly before serving.

GOURMET MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Boil pasta in boiling salted water until very al dente?about 3 minutes less than the box instructions (it will finish in the oven).
• Render pancetta in a large oven-safe pan or French braiser over medium heat until still chewy and not quite crispy, about 20 minutes (it will finish crisping in the oven). Remove pancetta and drain all but 1 tablespoon rendered fat. Add butter, melt and then add flour to make roux. Whisk until smooth, then cook until blonde in color, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic, Dijon and hot sauce. Whisking vigorously, slowly add milk. Bring to simmer, whisking constantly, then cook, whisking occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Add fontina, Gruyere, Havarti and blue cheese and season with salt and pepper. Mix in pasta until fully coated. Cover entire top with pancetta and bake until bubbly and gooey, 10 to 15 minutes. Sprinkle with chives and serve immediately.
• Unbaked Gourmet Mac & Cheese can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge. Bring to room temperature before baking, and add on another 10 minutes in the oven.

GOURMET MACARONI & CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook and drain macaroni and place in a 2 1/2 quart (2.5 L) greased casserole.
• Melt butter over medium heat; stir in flour; mix well.
• Add milk and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sauce thickens.
• Add salt, sugar and cheese. Mix well.
• Mix sour cream and cottage cheese into sauce.
• Pour sauce over macaroni. Mix well.
• Sprinkle cheddar cheese and crumbs over top. Dot with butter and sprinkle with paprika. May be frozen at this point.
• Bake at 350F (180C) for 45-50 minutes.

GOURMET MAC 'N CHEESE WITH HAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix gravy, ricotta cheese and Italian seasoning in large bowl until blended. Add remaining ingredients; mix lightly.
• Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 20 to 25 min. or until heated through.

EASY GOURMET SWISS MAC N' CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat 8 cups water to boil for noodles. When water boils, add noodles and cook about 1 minute less than package directs. Drain.
• Put oil and onion into saucepan. Stir to coat onion with oil. Add water, cover and sweat the onions over medium-low heat until they wilt and become sweet. Stir occasionally. Do not allow onions to brown.
• Fry bacon in large deep pot over medium heat until golden. Spoon onto papter towels to drain. Set aside.
• Drain the bacon fat from the pot, but do not wash.
• Add milk to bacon cooking pot and heat to simmer.
• Add cheese spread and whisk until cheese melts and mixture is smooth.
• Add mozzarella. Stir in figure 8 pattern (keeps it from balling up on the spoon) until cheese melts and mixture is smooth.
• Add onions to cheese mixture and stir gently.
• Add noodles and turn until well coated.
• Pour into serving dish.
• Top with bacon and serve.

GOURMET MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt butter and stir in flour.
• Add milk over medium heat and stir constantly until such thickens.
• Add salt, sugar and velveeta. Stir until velveeta melts.
• Mix in sour cream and cottage cheese.
• Pour over macaroni and mix well.
• Sprinkle with cheddar and ground beef.
• Dot with butter. Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 - 50 minutes.