Macaroni With Mimolette And Comte Cheese Recipes

MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook the macaroni until still slightly firm. Drain and set aside.
• In a small bowl, beat the egg. In a large pot, melt the butter and sprinkle in the flour. Whisk together over medium-low heat. Cook for a couple of minutes, whisking constantly. Don't let it burn. Pour in the milk, add the mustard and whisk until smooth. Cook until very thick, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low.
• Take 1/4 cup of the sauce and slowly pour it into the beaten egg, whisking constantly to avoid cooking the eggs. Whisk together until smooth. Pour the egg into the sauce, whisking constantly. Stir until smooth. Add in the cheese and stir to melt. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt and the pepper. Add any additional spices if desired. Taste the sauce and add more salt and seasoned salt as needed! DO NOT UNDERSALT.
• Pour in the drained, cooked macaroni and stir to combine. Serve immediately (while it's still very creamy) or pour into a buttered baking dish, top with extra cheese and bake until bubbly and golden on top, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Fry the bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat until slightly crisp, about 8 minutes. Remove from the pan and cut into bite-size pieces.
• In a separate pan, cook the onions in the butter over a low heat until caramelized, 20 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Use a fork to crumble the gorgonzola.
• Put the bacon, caramelized onions and crumbled gorgonzola into separate bowls. Serve as delicious toppings for both sliders and macaroni cheese.

MACARONI WITH MIMOLETTE AND COMTE' CHEESE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a baking dish with 1-tablespoon butter and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a full boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente. Drain pasta and toss with olive oil.
• In a large saucepan melt remaining butter. Whisk in flour and cook roux for 2-3 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream and stir until sauce thickens. Add bay leaf.
• Add Dijon mustard, Piment D' Espelette, nutmeg, sea salt, white pepper and stir until combined.
• Fold in Mimolette and Comte' cheese and stir until sauce has thickened.
• Fold in crème fraiche and fresh herbs.
• Remove from heat and discard bay leaf.
• Season with fine sea salt and white pepper to taste.
• Combine macaroni and cheese sauce into prepared baking dish.
• Scatter seasoned bread crumbs over top.
• Place baking dish on a sheet pan. Bake in pre-heated oven at 350 F for 30-minutes.

CLASSIC SOUTHERN MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch ovenproof casserole dish.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook until tender (a little more than al dente), about 12 minutes. Drain well in a colander.
• In a large bowl, combine the macaroni, cheese, milk and eggs. Add some salt and pepper. Transfer to the prepared dish.
• Bake until golden brown and bubbly, about 30 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool slightly before serving.

MACARONI & CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• liberally butter a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Alternate layering macaroni and cheese slices in the buttered casserole.
• Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
• Pour mixture over macaroni and cheese.
• Mix cracker crumbs with melted butter.
• Add to top of casserole.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when inserted.