Roasted Garlic Mac and Cheese

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There’s a million other alterations of mac and cheese and so a lot debate over the greatest method to make it. For me, it’s gotta be gooey with a crispy top. This time we’ve got precisely that, simply with a bit of additional goodness…



Ingredients

  • 14oz / 400g Elbow Macaroni (or different short-cut pasta)
  • 4 cups / 1 litre Milk, at room temp
  • 1 enormous bulb of Garlic
  • 2 cups / 200g Sharp Cheddar, grated
  • 2 cups / 200g Mozzarella, shredded
  • 1 cup / 70g Parmesan, grated (save half for top)
  • 1/2 cup / 30g Breadcrumbs, or as needed
  • 3 tbsp Plain Flour
  • 3 tbsp Unsalted Butter
  • 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
  • Fresh Chives, finely diced
  • Salt & Black Pepper, to taste
  • Olive Oil / Oil Spray

Instructions

  • Slice the tip off the garlic bulb to reveal the cloves, drizzle with olive oil and wrap in foil. Pop within the oven for 45-60mins at 356f/180c or till golden brown and modern as butter.
  • Squeeze out the garlic & mash with a pinch of salt to fully modern it out. Add to a enormous saucepan with butter and stir to combine. Stir in flour to type a paste, then steadily pour on your milk, whisking as you move to keep away from lumps. Once thickened, upload mustard and seasoning, then stir on your cheeses (remember to keep half parmesan).
  • Meanwhile, prepare dinner pasta in salted boiling water till merely JUST cooked. You desire it nonetheless a little bit hard. Reserve a cup of starchy pasta water (see notes) then drain and combine with cheese sauce.
  • Add everything to a baking dish, ideal with parmesan then breadcrumbs and end with a pinch of salt & pepper and oil spray. Pop within the oven at 390f/200c for 20mins or till golden on top. Sprinkle recent chives over the ideal and serve.



If you’ve been a reader of mine for a whereas you’ll have observed I’m a bit of obsessed with roasted garlic. I literally consume the stuff with a fork 😂 (100% serious).

When you roast garlic low and gradual it caramelizes and totally transforms the flavour into anything candy and nutty. You get a stunning trace of garlic, with out it being all up your face.

I typically upload a small quantity of garlic powder to mac and cheese, which works wonders. But it's fairly smelly in the event you placed additional than about a tsp in. With roasted garlic, you'll be able to placed an complete big bulb of garlic in and you’ll nonetheless be short of more.