Creamy Macaroni Casserole
photo by lazyme
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups elbow macaroni (uncooked)
- 5 ounces cheddar cheese, cubed
- 1 2⁄3 tablespoons flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons mustard powder
- pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1⁄8 teaspoon nutmeg (or to taste)
- 1 1⁄3 cups half-and-half cream
- 1 1⁄3 cups whipping cream (unwhipped)
- 2⁄3 cup sour cream
- 2 large eggs
- 3⁄4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cups grated cheddar cheese (or to taste)
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter a 13 x 9" baking dish.
- Cook the macaroni in a large saucepan of boiling salted water until tender-firm (don't overcook) drain pasta.
- Transfer to a large bowl; add in 5 ounces of cubed cheese; mix until the cheese is melted and well blended.
- In another bowl combine the flour, salt, mustard, black pepper, cayenne and nutmeg until well blended; gradually whisk in the half and half, whipping cream and sour cream, then whisk in the eggs and Worcestershire sauce.
- Pour over the macaroni; stir to blend.
- Transfer to prepared baking pan then spread evenly.
- Sprinkle with the grated cheese.
- Bake the macaroni until just set around edges but sauce is still liquid in the center (about 25 minutes, do not over bake).
- Remove from oven let stand for 10 minutes to thicken slightly (sauce will be creamy but will thicken up).
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Reviews
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Made this today for an early Thanksgiving meal for my son. Decided that I would double everything to feed our crowd, but there was no way all that liquid was going to set in the time stated. Boy was I wrong...it set up beautiful with no additional cooking time needed. The only thing I changed was using 1/2 and 1/2 + milk for the full amount of liquid, no whipping cream. Everyone loved it! Thanks Kit for another keeper!
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I made this Horseradish Grill recipe all the time. It was a much requested recipe in our family. For Christmas it was "are you bringing the Mac and Cheese?" Makes a beautiful presentation too of rich gold. Note I have used Mexican taco cheese mix in place of the cheddar as well as others without difficulty. The mustard has always been Coleman's
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Loved this recipe for Macaroni and Cheese. Like all of Kittencal recipes, it was great and easy to make. Her directions are always perfect and I always follow them exactly as written. Warmed some up the next day and it tasted even better if that was possible. I had family over for dinner the day I made this so there were a total of 8 people eating and everyone loved it. Thank you again for posting this and all of your other recipes. So far all of your recipes are 5 stars and my goal is to make as many as possible.
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