Ingredients
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) butter, divided
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups milk
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 8 ounces fontina cheese, shredded
- 6 ounces Gruyere cheese, shredded
- 8 ounces white Cheddar, shredded
- Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 cups panko bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 2 dozen (1/2 cup) ramekins or a 9 by 13-inch casserole dish.
Cook the elbow macaroni in a large pot of salted boiling water over medium heat for about 6 minutes or until very al dente. Drain and return to the pot.
While the macaroni is cooking, melt the butter in a large saucepan over low heat. Remove 1/2 of the melted butter and reserve it for the topping. Add the flour to the saucepan and cook whisking constantly. When the flour is golden brown slowly whisk in the milk until smooth. Bring to a simmer and cook until thickened. Stir in the mustard, fontina, Gruyere, and Cheddar cheeses until just melted. Stir into the cooked pasta, coating it completely, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Divide the mixture between the buttered ramekins.
In a medium bowl combine the panko with the grated Asiago and salt and pepper, to taste. Add the reserved melted butter and mix to combine.
Top each ramekin with the bread crumb mixture. Bake in the oven until golden brown on top and the cheese is bubbling, about 15 to 20 minutes. Top with fresh chopped parsley before serving.
















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By dmschewe
Lake Zurich, IL
on January 31, 2010
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This has to be the worst mac and cheese recipe I've ever tried. I even made it twice, changing some of the measurements of the ingredients to see if that would help. Well, it didn't. First of all, when making a cream sauce, it is standard procedure to cook equal parts butter and flour to make a roux. Two tablespoons of butter with 1/3 cup of flour just doesn't work. The full tablespoon of dijon mustard overpowers the dish; dry mustard powder would have worked much better. Also, the two cups of panko breadcrumbs is
By shopperlemke_12...
Brookfield, 45
on December 27, 2009
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This was a perfect addition to an appetizer buffet to make it into a meal. I used multi-grain pasta, and 50% fat white cheddar and found it to be a perfect cheese combo. I prepared it about 7 hours ahead and chilled it. It baked up perfectly. Mine was not bubbly but that was probably becuase of the lower fat cheese. The panko crumbs on top were nice and crunchy.
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