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Glam Mac and Cheese

A classic "just for the family" dish turned completely on its head. Serve this little number in individual portions to make it worthy of any dinner-party table. I have used Dolcelatte as my cheese of choice. It is softer round the edges than Stilton and incredibly moreish. It dresses up this British classic to make it a meal fit for royalty.

Recipe courtesy Lorraine Pascale
Show: Simply Baking Episode: Modern Classics

Photo: Glam Mac and Cheese

TOTAL TIME: 50 min
Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
 
YIELD: serves 4 glamorous guests
LEVEL: Easy

ingredients

  • 3 cups/12oz/340g macaroni
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/3 cup/3oz/80g pancetta, diced
  • 1 small handful of fresh thyme leaves
  • 3 scallions, trimmed and finely sliced
  • 2 cups/3 1/2 oz/100g bread crumbs
  • 1 handful of chopped fresh parsley
      • CHEESE SAUCE:
        EQUIPMENT:
        • Large shallow casserole dish or 4 large ramekins
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          Directions

          Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

          Cook the macaroni in a large pan of boiling salted water. It needs to be cooked to just under what you would normally do, as the pasta will be cooked again in the oven. Drain, then return to the pan and set aside.

          Fry the pancetta in a medium skillet over gentle heat until it just starts to brown and crisp up, then add the thyme leaves and scallions and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and add its contents to the pasta.

          For the sauce, put the butter, flour, nutmeg, and mustard in a small pan set over medium heat and cook until the butter has melted. Mix the milk and cream together in a pitcher and add a little to the flour and butter in the pan, stirring well. Keep adding the milk mixture, bit by bit, stirring well each time. This will prevent the sauce from going lumpy. The temptation is to put all the milk in at once only to find you are left with clumps of flour floating on the surface. Should this happen, take the pan off the heat and whisk it like crazy. This normally does the trick to eliminate all the lumps! Make sure you get the spoon into the "corners" of the pan, as stray mounds of flour often lurk there. Once the sauce has fully come together, turn up the heat and boil for a minute or two. The sauce will thicken considerably, then remove the pan from the heat. Add two-thirds of both of the cheeses to the sauce while it is still hot and combine well. It may be a bit lumpy, but that is fine. Season to taste with salt and pepper and add to the pasta mix. Stir everything together and spoon into a shallow casserole dish or 4 individual large ramekins.

          Sprinkle the top with the rest of the cheese and the bread crumbs and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, or until the cheese starts to bubble and the topping goes crumbly and brown. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve while hot.

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          • on August 19, 2012

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            We love mac and cheese. Thought my old family recipe was as good as it gets. Everyone who has had it raves and always requests it. We absolutely loved this "Glam" recipe by Lorraine and agree it is THE BEST mac and cheese we have ever had. I made it exactly as outlined but did add peas. It was fantastic. We have special weekend guests in a few weeks and this will definitely be part of the menu. This is the 3rd recipe I have tried of Lorraine's and each one has been amazing. Thank you, Lorraine!!!

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          • on May 08, 2012

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            My boyfriend made this after watching the show and it was delicious!! It is incredibly rich (as expected so this dish goes along way as you will likely want smaller portions. We are not huge fans of gorgonzola so we substituted a local white cheddar which was excellent! Highly recommend this recipe. It is excellent as is but we plan to try it with different cheeses and maybe whole milk instead of cream, but again it is delicious as written!

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          • on May 07, 2012

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            Hands down the best mac and cheese on the planet. Blew past favorite out of the box. Truly decadent!!!

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