Recipe of the Month: Amazing Mac and Cheese Written by CAWLM. Posted in Features, Recipe of the Month Preparation time: 20 minutes Number of servings: Four INGREDIENTS 1/4 C. butter or margarine 1/4 C. flour 2 C . warm milk Dash of pepper 1/2 tsp. hot-pepper sauce (to taste) 1/2 C. heavy cream 12 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded coarse (3 C.), divided8 oz. (2 C.) macaroni elbows or double elbows, cooked and drained COOKING INSTRUCTIONS Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add flour; stir with wooden spoon or spatula three minutes or until the roux is frothier and raw-flour taste is gone. Gradually stir warm milk into roux. Turn up heat; stir until sauce is just at boiling point. Turn down heat; let simmer few minutes. Add pepper and hot-pepper sauce (don’t use pepper sauce too sparingly; it will help bring out the cheese taste). Stir in heavy cream; simmer briefly or until flavors are blended. Stir three quarters of the cheese into simmering sauce until melted; combine cheese sauce with macaroni; pour into greased two-quart dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until bubbly and light golden. Tags: mac and cheese, recipe of the month

Recipe of the Month: Amazing Mac and Cheese

Written by CAWLM. Posted in Features, Recipe of the Month

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Number of servings: Four
INGREDIENTS
1/4 C. butter or margarine
1/4 C. flour
2 C . warm milk
Dash of pepper
1/2 tsp. hot-pepper sauce (to taste)
1/2 C. heavy cream
12 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded coarse (3 C.), divided
8 oz. (2 C.) macaroni elbows or double elbows, cooked and drained

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
Melt butter in heavy saucepan over low heat. Add flour; stir with wooden spoon or spatula three minutes or until the roux is frothier and raw-flour taste is gone. Gradually stir warm milk into roux. Turn up heat; stir until sauce is just at boiling point. Turn down heat; let simmer few minutes. Add pepper and hot-pepper sauce (don’t use pepper sauce too sparingly; it will help bring out the cheese taste). Stir in heavy cream; simmer briefly or until flavors are blended. Stir three quarters of the cheese into simmering sauce until melted; combine cheese sauce with macaroni; pour into greased two-quart dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake in preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until bubbly and light golden.

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