Baked Mac and Cheese - A side dish?

[casportpony]

This all encompassed this poll.Full side meal with rum included in the recipe...
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RumChata Mac and Cheese​

Mac and cheese spiked with the warming flavors of RumChata, and speckled with chorizo and kale.

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time45 mins
Total Time55 mins

Course: Main Course -------BOOM!!
Cuisine: American, Italian
Keyword: Mac and Cheese, pasta
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients​

• 1/2 stick butter
• 1 small onion diced
• 1/4 pound spanish or portugese chorizo sausage chopped small
• 2 cups chopped kale stems removed
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup RumChata
• 2 cups milk
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese grated
• 8 ounces oaxaca cheese
• 1/2 pound elbow pasta
• 1/2 cup breadcrumbs

Instructions​

• Cook the butter and onions on medium high heat to soften and lightly brown, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper
• Add in the chorizo and kale and cook about 5 minutes until the kale has wilted and the chorizo has rendered some fat.
• Add in the flour and cook about 3 minutes until the flour is dissolved into the fat.
• Add the RumChata and milk and stir well. Bring to a simmer. you will see it thicken as it comes to a simmer. Remove from heat when it thickens.
• Preheat the oven to 450.
• Set aside a few handfuls of cheese. Let the sauce cool about 3 minutes, then add most of the cheese to the sauce except for the few handfuls. Stir well to allow the cheese to mostly melt and form the sauce. If it doesn’t all melt, that’s ok because it will continue to cook in the oven.
• Meanwhile, cook the pasta a little under al dente, it will cook more in the oven.
• Mix the pasta and the cheese sauce in a large bowl. Pour it into a large baking dish or 3 or 4 small ones. Top with the breadcrumbs and reserved cheese.
• Bake about 15 minutes until the top is browned. Remove from oven and serve.

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That looks really good!

 

[Painted Calls]

Try the recipe from Paula Deen linked earlier and bake it? I know after it has been refrigerated because it is like a brick. Perhaps that would be the right consistency? I've never baked it though.

No no. That's not baked mac. It won't work.

Sealer, message me and I can walk you through it if you like.

 

[ColtHandorf]

To torture US

?

 

[TXchickmum]

Growing up, Mom baked homemade mac-n-cheese as "the meat", and had a lot of fresh garden vegetables to accompany it. When I married, I duplicated this meal for the new hubby. The first thing out of his mouth after sitting down to the table was, "where's the meat"? For the last nearly 32 years, mac-n-cheese has been a side dish to accompany "the meat". -make it around here with real butter, cream, grated cheddar and Gruyere, and sometimes a tad bit of sour cream.

...and as for stuffing, I've never stuffed a bird. -always made cornbread dressing from an old family recipe. -actually thinking about doing a cranberry and walnut stuffing this year.

 

[ColtHandorf]

No no. That's not baked mac. It won't work.

I bake spaghetti after making it on the stovetop. It bakes just fine.

 

[Painted Calls]

I bake spaghetti after making it on the stovetop. It bakes just fine.

That's a lot different lol. I bake spaghetti too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Lasagna?

 

[Painted Calls]

Lasagna?

Also not baked mac lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

Also not baked mac lol

But it is delicious lol

 

[AntiqueB]

It's definitely a meal for kid and me, though hub disagrees. I use cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Swiss cheeses -- no Velveeta. I also like to vary the macaroni part, and can use shells or other small shaped pastas.