Pimiento Macaroni and Cheese

Name: Pimiento Macaroni and Cheese
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp butter, melted; 2 Tbsps butter; 296 milliliters cornflakes cereal, crushed; 85 grams fat-free cream cheese, softened; 340 grams fat-free evaporated milk; 710 milliliters fat-free milk; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 0 teaspoons ground red pepper, divided; 454 grams uncooked cellentani (corkscrew) pasta; 113 grams diced pimiento, drained; 1 teaspoons salt; 355 milliliters 2% reduced-fat sharp Cheddar cheese; 227 grams package chopped smoked ham

Pimiento Macaroni and Cheese requires roughly 1 hour from start to finish. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 520 calories, 25g of protein, and 20g of fat. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as a rather inexpensive main course. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. If you have cream cheese, butter, flour, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the pasta you could follow this main course with the Chocolate Dessert Pasta as a dessert. You can put away the pre packaged macaroni and cheese at the store, and Boston Market Macaroni and Cheese – forget the stuff in the blue box, take a few more minutes, and serve up a tasty home made macaroni and cheese.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Prepare cellentani pasta according to package directions.

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Pasta

Meanwhile, melt 2 Tbsp. butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Gradually whisk in flour; cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually whisk in milk and evaporated milk until smooth; cook, whisking constantly, 8 to 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.

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Evaporated Milk

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Whisk

Dutch Oven

Whisk in cheese, salt, and 1/8 tsp. ground red pepper until smooth.

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Ground Cayenne Pepper

Cheese

Salt

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Whisk

Remove from heat, and stir in ham, pimiento, and pasta.

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Pimiento

Pasta

Ham

Pour pasta mixture into a 13- x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Stir together crushed cereal, 1 Tbsp. melted butter, and remaining 1/8 tsp. ground red pepper; sprinkle over pasta mixture.

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Ground Cayenne Pepper

Cooking Spray