Bacon Mac & Cheese.
Hey everyone, it's me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, bacon mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have bacon mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- {Prepare 1 pound of elbow macaroni.
- {Take 4 cups of milk.
- {Make ready 2-3 sprigs of thyme & some thyme leaves.
- {Take 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped, divided.
- {Prepare 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter.
- {Prepare 3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour.
- {Take 5 1/2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
- {Prepare of Salt & pepper.
- {Take 1/4 cup of chopped parsley.
- {Make ready 1 pound of bacon, diced.
- {Get 1 of large onion, diced.
Steps to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the macaroni and cook 8-9 minutes, drain and set aside..
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees..
- In a saucepan heat the milk with the thyme springs and 2 garlic cloves - do not boil you are just infusing the milk with the thyme and garlic flavor..
- In a large deep skillet melt the butter over med-high heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly, to keep lumps from forming..
- Remove the thyme sprigs from the milk and gently whisk it into the butter flour mixture..
- Continue to whisk vigorously and cook until the mixture is smooth..
- Stir in 4 cups of the cheese and continue to cook and stir to melt the cheese..
- Season with salt and pepper..
- Add the cooked macaroni and parsley, fold together until all the macaroni is coated in cheese..
- Add to a greased baking dish and top with remaining cheese..
- Bake for about 30 minutes..
- While that is baking - in a medium sauté pan, cook the bacon until just getting crispy..
- Remove most of the fat, leave a little for oil..
- Add the onion to the bacon and cook for 5 minutes to soften them..
- Add remaining garlic and thyme leaves and cook for another 5 minutes, set aside..
- To serve top Mac and cheese with bacon mixture and enjoy..
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