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Mac N Cheese "Cake"
Recipe courtesy Melissa Mayer, San Diego, CA, 2007
Show:  Food Network Challenge
Episode:  Mac and Cheese
2 ounces fresh lasagna sheets
Canola oil spray
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon pure fine cane sugar
3 fresh strawberries
1 cup chevre
1 cup cream cheese
1 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons strawberry-raspberry jam

Special equipment: 2-inch round mold

Using a round 2-inch mold, cut lasagna sheets into 6 circles and boil for 2 minutes with 1/2 cup sugar. Coat the lasagna sheets in canola oil spray and dust with sugar, set aside. Slice strawberries, coat in sugar, and set aside. Fold chevre and whipped cream cheese together. Add 1/2 cup sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, to taste.

Assembly: place round 2-inch mold on lasagna circles, place strawberry slice at bottom, fill halfway with cheese mixture, add jam, top with more cheese and pat cheese down. Pull mold off, place strawberries on top and sprinkle with sugar.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 6 minutes
Yield: 4 servings

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