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Mushroom Mac and Cheese Recipe
How to make Mushroom Mac and Cheese
The classic comfort food - mac and cheese, now with the goodness of mushrooms.
- Total Cook Time1 hr 10 mins
- Prep Time 10 mins
- Cook Time1 hr
- Recipe Servings4
- Medium
Ingredients of Mushroom Mac and Cheese
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- Few sprigs of thyme
- Few sprigs of sage
- Few sprigs of rosemary
- 150-200 gms button mushrooms (sliced)
- Wild mushrooms (optional)
- 2 Tbsp white wine
- 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes
- 1 Tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 Tbsp butter
- White sauce:
- 75 gms flour
- 75 gms butter
- 150 ml milk
- 1 medium onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- 300 ml cream
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- 30-40 gms grated cheddar cheese
- 30 gms grated gruyere cheese
- 30 gms grated parmesan cheese
- 150 gms macaroni half cooked
How to Make Mushroom Mac and Cheese
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Heat olive oil and butter in a pan, add onions and garlic give it a good mix.
2.
Add chilli flakes to the same pan and cook onions till lightly brown.
3.
Add the sliced mushrooms, salt to taste.
4.
Deglaze with white wine.
For the White Sauce:
1.
Infuse the warm milk for sauce with onion, garlic, bay leaf & nutmeg.
2.
Strain the milk just before using.
3.
In another pan, melt butter & cook the flour till it just begins to change colour.
4.
Add the infused milk, butter, cream, grated cheddar cheese and boil till the mix gets nice and
5.
thick.
6.
Put the pasta in hot boiling salted water until half cooked.
7.
Coat the pasta with the mushroom mix & white sauce along with half the grated parmesan and gruyere cheese.
8.
Put into a baking dish, top with the remaining parmesan and gruyere cheese, cracked black pepper and a few drops of olive oil.
9.
Put into the oven for 15-20 minutes at 180°C.