Best Luxury Macaroni Cheese Recipes

FIVE CHEESE LUXURY MACARONI

Steps:

• Start boiling macaroni pasta until al dente.
• Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. In a bowl combine breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese and melted butter. Set aside.
• Melt remaining butter in a saucepan over medium heat, toss in onions and garlic to caramelize.
• Whisk in flour until slightly browned.
• Stir in heavy cream and cream cheese. Bring to a slight boil, careful not to scald. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and whisk in Dijon mustard, chili powder, salt and pepper.
• Add cheeses and melt. Combine with al dente elbow macaroni. Pour into a pre-greased 9x13-baking dish. Sprinkle breadcrumb mixture on top and a few small pats of butter. Bake for 25-30 minutes until brown on top and bubbling.

LUXURY MACARONI CHEESE

Steps:

• Place a large, non-stick frying pan over a high heat. Add the leeks, garlic, tomatoes, peas, chives and water, stir together, and cook for 6-8 minutes, until the water has been absorbed.
• Stir the cooked pasta into the tomato mixture, then transfer to a shallow, ovenproof dish.
• Preheat the oven to 220C/Gas 7. Mix all the topping ingredients in a bowl, season well, and pour over the pasta mixture. Place in the oven and cook for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly golden and bubbling. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before serving. Accompany with a crisp green salad.

LUXURY MACARONI CHEESE

Steps:

• preheat oven to 400 degrees F (or 200 degrees C)
• cook the macaroni in a large pan of salted boiling water to just under what you would consider cooked (as it will be cooked further in the oven). Drain and return to the pan, and set aside.
• Fry the pancetta in medium frying pan until it starts to brown and crisp, then add the thyme leaves and spring onions, and cook for a further 3 minutes. Remove from heat and add the contents to the cooked macaroni.
• For the sauce, put the butter, flour, mustard powder and nutmeg in a small pan over a medium heat and cook until the butter has melted. Mix together the milk and the cream in a jug and add little at a time to the flour mix, stirring well in between to avoid lumps. When all of the milk/cream mix has been added, bring to the boil for 1-2 minutes. The sauce will thicken up. Remove from the heat and add 2/3 of both cheeses to the sauce and combine. don't worry about lumps of cheese as these will melt down over time. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and add to the pasta mix. Stir everything together and spoon into a shallow casserole dish.
• Sprinkle the top with the rest of the cheeses and top off with the breadcrumbs. Bake in the over for around 20 minutes or until the cheese starts to bubble and the topping goes crumbly and brown. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve while hot.