Mom’s Maccaroni & Cheese (aka Donna’s Mac & Cheese)
Course
Main Dish
Cuisine
Italian
Keyword
Lunch
Ingredients
1/2
stick
butter
4
tablespoons
flour
2
cups
Milk
room temperature
1/4
cup
white wine
room temperature
salt and pepper
about 1/8 teaspoon
curry spice
(a TINY SHAKE)
1
lb
elbow or rigatoni maccaroni
cooked al dente
1/2
cups
Italian bread crumbs
1
block (12 oz.)
EXTRA SHARP cheddar cheese
(either white or yellow), shredded
Instructions
Melt 1/2 stick butter in pot slowly.
Add salt, pepper, pinch of curry while stirring.
Keep stirring while adding flour slowly.
When mixture has the consistency of a “pasta”, slowly add milk and wine, stirring constantly.
Do this a little at a time. As more liquid is added, heat can be adjusted to medium.
Don’t stop stirring. Cook for about 25 until mixture is thick (you don’t want it ‘soupy’).
Add cheddar cheese and reduce heat to low/simmer. Stir occasionally until cheese is melted.
Pour over cooked pasta then top with buttered bread crumb mixture (see below).
Buttered bread crumb mixture: melt 1 stick of butter and stir in bread crumbs until mixture is ‘crumbly’.
Bake in 325 oven for 20 minutes or until top is browned.