Gluten Free Grown Up Mac N Cheese Recipes

GLUTEN FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook pasta per the instruction on the packaging. Rinse cooked pasta in cold water; set aside.
• Add the half and half to a small cooking pot and bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from the heat. Add in the cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and mustard powder and stir until combined.
• Add in the sharp cheddar cheese and stir until combined and the cheese is melted.
• Add cheese sauce to the pasta and toss to combine.
• Serve hot.

GROWN UP MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place a baking rack on a sheet pan and arrange the bacon in 1 layer on the baking rack. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until the bacon is crisp. Remove the pan carefully from the oven - there will be hot grease in the pan! Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with paper towels and crumble when it is cool enough to handle.
• Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. Add the macaroni and cook according to the directions on the package, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain well.
• Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan, but don't boil it. Melt the butter in a medium pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk. While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for a minute or 2 more, until thickened and smooth. Off the heat, add the Gruyere, Cheddar, blue cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Add the cooked macaroni and crumbled bacon and stir well. Pour into 2 individual size gratin dishes.
• Place the bread slices in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until you have coarse crumbs. Add the basil and pulse to combine. Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture over the top of the pasta. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the sauce is bubbly and the macaroni is browned on the top.

EASY GLUTEN-FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir salt and mustard powder into melted butter and remove saucepan from heat.
• Whisk milk and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; stir into butter mixture until well blended. Return saucepan to stove; cook milk mixture, stirring constantly, over medium heat until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Stir 3 cups Cheddar cheese into sauce until heat from sauce melts cheese. Add pasta to cheese sauce and stir well; pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Combine remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese, gluten-free bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon butter, and paprika in a bowl; sprinkle over pasta mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is crunchy, about 30 minutes.

GLUTEN FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° F and grease 13 x 9 casserole dish.
• Cook macaroni according to package directions BUT reduce cooking time so the pasta is still quite a bit firm.
• Drain macaroni and set aside.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan.
• Stir in seasoned salt and pepper; remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk corn starch into milk until smooth.
• Stir milk into butter mixture and whisk until well-blended.
• Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until thickened (about 5 minutes or so) and remove from heat.
• Stir three cups of shredded cheese into sauce until melted; reserve one cup of cheese for topping.
• Combine cheese mixture with macaroni and spoon into prepared pan.
• Top with crunchy topping (recipe below) and reserved shredded cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until crunchy topping is nice and toasty.
• CRUNCHY TOPPING: Pulse in a food processor until it becomes coarse crumbs: 2 slices toasted gluten-free bread; 1 tsp butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoons paprika.

GLUTEN-FREE MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter six 8-ounce ramekins or a 2-quart baking dish. Microwave 1 tablespoon butter until melted, then toss with cereal and Parmesan.
• In a medium saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium. Add onion and cook until softened, 4 minutes. Sprinkle with potato starch and cook 1 minute. Slowly whisk in milk and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheddar and mustard until smooth; season with salt and pepper. Add pasta and stir to coat; transfer to ramekins or baking dish. Sprinkle with cereal mixture and bake until sauce is bubbling and topping is golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

GLUTEN-FREE BAKED MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. In 4-quart saucepan, cook macaroni as directed on package; drain. Rinse under cold water; drain.
• In same saucepan, place milk and heat to a simmer over medium heat. With whisk, beat cream cheese, salt, pepper and ground mustard into milk, until cream cheese melts. Remove from heat; stir macaroni into sauce. Stir in cheddar cheese, then stir in eggs. Pour into baking dish.
• In small bowl, mix bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and melted butter; stir until combined. Sprinkle over macaroni mixture.
• Bake uncovered 28 to 33 minutes or until topping is golden brown and mixture is hot (at least 165°F in center).