Baked Ziti With Four Cheeses
"I love macaroni and cheese. This version is terrific, with a crusty-cheesy layer on top and creamy-cheesy baked pasta in the middle."
photo by evelynathens
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups milk, scalded
- 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated gruyere cheese
- 2 cups grated fontina
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 lb ziti pasta or 1 lb penne
- 1 1⁄2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
directions
- Melt butter over moderately-low heat, stir in flour and cook 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in hot milk.
- Return pan to heat, bring to a boil, whisking, for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in nutmeg, ¾ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine 1 cup of the Gruyere, ½ cup of the Fontina and ½ cup of the Parmesan; whisk cheese into the sauce, ½ cup at a time, until cheese is melted.
- Season to taste.
- Preheat oven to 390 degrees F.
- Boil ziti until al dente.
- Drain well and turn into a buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch pyrex baking dish.
- Season with remaining ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.
- Pour sauce over and combine.
- Sprinkle remaining ½ cup Gruyere, ½ cup Parmesan, 1 ½ cups Fontina and all of the mozzarella.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.
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Reviews
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five star evelyn!! its soooo goooood!!! -
I didn't love this like I thought I would. I thought it would have a really rich flavour with all of these sharper tasting cheeses, but I found it quite bland. It wasn't bad just not what I was hoping for. -
I made this for my supper club and everyone including me loved it. I especailly loved the mixture of cheeses in the sauce. I'll definitely make this again. THanks for sharing -
Easy to make and looked great, but I don't particularly like the mix of cheeses. :)
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This is good! I sauteed some onion and garlic into the butter before making the roux, I only had a very small amount of fontina cheese so I made up the difference with gruyere cheese, I used ziti pasta for this. DH will enjoy this for lunch, thanks Ev!...Kitten:)
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
