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Macaroni and Weird Mornay Sauce
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Macaroni and Sauce Mornay (kinda)

Remixed from https://gist.github.com/Wilto/bc35a6de063e6f92eb6e.

the finished cheesy goodness

The Sauce (Mornay-ish)

  • Dice up some bacon into tiny bits, then fry it until it's nice and crispy.
  • Make a white sauce (recipe on Epicurious). Use about 1L of milk.
  • Add salt, nutmeg, cayenne, black pepper, white pepper, and whisk it.
  • Add handfuls of Gruyere (or another fancy hard cheese) and whisk it.
  • Add the bacon and whisk it a little.

The Dish

  • Cook the mac to almost al dente and set it aside. Use 1 packet for 2 people: it'll give you some leftovers.
  • Melt some butter (truffle butter if you got it) and mix it into your breadcrumbs. Mix in some Gruyere.
  • Put half the mac (we tend to use one packet for two people) into a shallow dish with half the sauce, mix.
  • Rest of the shells, rest of the sauce, mix.
  • Evenly distribute the breadcrumbs over the top.
  • Sprinkle some grated mature Cheddar (or another fancy cheese) over the top.
  • Stick it in the oven at 180 C for about 20 mins. It should be browning on the top and bottom.
  • Once it's done, add some extra truffle goodness on the top.

mac and cheese and cheese and cheese, fresh from the oven

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