Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, grand daddy mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have grand daddy mac and cheese using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Grand daddy mac and cheese:
- Take 2 shallots, peeled
- Take 3 garlic cloves, peeled
- Make ready 1 tsp olive oil
- Prepare 4 bacon slices, cooked, diced, reserve fat
- Make ready 2 T flour
- Prepare 4 C heavy cream (2C heavy cream, 2C half&half)
- Take 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
- Make ready 1 C pepper jack cheese, shredded
- Take 2 C sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- Take to taste S&P
- Make ready 1 # penne pasta, cooked
- Prepare 1/2 C Panko bread crumbs
- Take 2 T butter, melted
- Get 2 T fresh parsley, chopped
Steps to make Grand daddy mac and cheese:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Place shallots and garlic in a small aluminum foil pouch and drizzle with olive oil. Roast 30 minutes until tender. Remove from foil and chop. In a large saute pan, reheat the reserved bacon fat over medium heat. Add the roasted shallots and garlic and saute for 1 minute. Add the flour and whisk for 1 minute. Whisk in the heavy cream and thyme. Reduce by a third. Stir in the cheeses until melted, creamy and thickened. Season to taste with S&P.
- Remove from heat and gently stir in the pasta.
- Pour into a 9 X 13 casserole that is sprayed with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix together diced bacon, breadcrumbs, butter and parsley. Top mac and cheese with Panko mixture and bake uncovered at same heat until bubbling and lightly browned on top, 20-25 minutes.
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