

Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate Holiday Guide.Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate New England Winter Guide.Yankee Magazine’s Ultimate Guide to Autumn in New England.Yankee Magazine’s Best of New England: Outdoors Edition.It’s different, but still plenty tasty, and my household had no trouble speedily working their way through it. The result is a texture that’s more like boxed macaroni and cheese (meaning a lot thinner than most baked versions), but still made with “real” cheese and plenty of butter. Once that was done, the milk was poured over the whole thing, topped with breadcrumbs and butter, and baked. Instead, it called for the cooked macaroni to be layered in the dish, lasagna-style, with the grated cheese (only cheddar) and breadcrumbs in alternate layers. The biggest difference was that it didn’t start with a roux, which is a thick sauce made on the stove with butter, flour, and milk. It called for the normal ingredients (noodles, cheese, breadcrumbs, milk, butter, salt, and pepper) but was constructed very differently than today’s ultra-creamy baked versions. This was an old-fashioned baked macaroni and cheese recipe unlike any other I’d ever made. Cool slightly before serving.After skimming the method, I was intrigued. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until the Panko crumbs are lightly browned and the cheese is bubbly.Add 1 cup of Japanese Panko Bread crumbs to the top of mixture.Spoon remaining cheese-covered pasta into the dish and top with the remaining cheese. Sprinkle with a generous cup of the reserved cheese. Pour half of the mixture into the prepared dish.In the pasta container, stir together the cooked pasta and cheese sauce. Cook until your desired doneness, then drain. Remove from heat whisk in 2 1/2 cups of the cheese mixture and stir until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium high heat.Stir in the onion powder, salt, nutmeg, dried mustard and cayenne. Whisk in the flour until smooth and slightly bubbly. Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat.Toss all the shredded cheeses together in a large bowl, set aside.Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to boiling.

Coat a 3 quart rectangular baking dish with non-stick spray. Thanks so much for making this dish I hope you enjoy it! :). If you require an extra saucy mac & cheese, just reduce the amount of pasta you place into the dish or make more sauce so it is creamier. PLEASE NOTE: This is a BAKED macaroni and cheese, therefore, it will NOT turn out with a lot of extra cheesy sauce asis absorbed into the pasta while baking.
