Hugh's Southern Mac and Cheese

Name: Hugh's Southern Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 1 h 35 min
Cook time: 1 h 35 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 113 grams thick bacon slices, diced (about 4 slices); 59 milliliters toasted soft, fresh breadcrumbs; 454 grams 1/3 package uncooked cavatappi pasta; 113 grams cup freshly grated 2-year-old aged Cheddar cheese, divided; 1 teaspoons dry mustard; 1 egg yolk; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 pinch Pinch of ground red pepper; 118 milliliters freshly grated Gruyère cheese; 2 Tbsps heavy cream; 2 mediums leeks, cut into 1/2-inch rounds (about 1 cup); 237 milliliters milk, warmed; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps unsalted butter

The recipe Hugh's Southern Mac and Cheese could satisfy your Southern craving in around 1 hour and 35 minutes. This main course has 601 calories, 23g of protein, and 26g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have leeks, year-old aged cheddar cheese, heavy cream, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the milk you could follow this main course with the Milky Way Brownie Bites as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 37

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Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 6 to 8 minutes or until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels. Discard drippings.

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Bacon

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Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Cook leeks in 4-qt. boiling water in a large Dutch oven 5 minutes.

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Leek

Water

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Dutch Oven

Remove leeks with a slotted spoon, reserving boiling water in Dutch oven. Plunge leeks into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain.

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Water

Leek

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Dutch Oven

Add pasta to boiling water, and cook 10 minutes or until al dente.

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Pasta

Water

Drain.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and whisk in flour until smooth; cook, whisking constantly, 2 minutes or until golden brown. Slowly whisk in milk, and cook, whisking constantly, 3 minutes or until thickened.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Whisk

Frying Pan

Whisk in dry mustard, next 3 ingredients, and 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, stirring until cheese is melted.

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Cheese

Mustard Powder

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Whisk

Remove from heat. Season with salt to taste.

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Salt

Gently stir together pasta, cheese sauce, half each of cooked bacon and leeks, and egg yolk. Stir in Gruyre cheese and remaining 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese. Spoon pasta mixture into a buttered 8-inch cast-iron skillet, and sprinkle with remaining bacon and leeks.

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Cheese

Cheese Sauce