This is going to sound odd, but I am not certain I have ever actually made home made macaroni and cheese. I've had plenty from others that were absolutely amazing, but I don't believe I have ever made my own... so it was time for an adventure! Being me, regular macaroni and cheese was not enough... I saw a recipe for
Truffled Macaroni and Cheese in Cooking Light and decided to amp it up a notch.
I started by sauteing up a bunch of wild mushrooms and some of the onion - I just a mushroom blend from Wegmans.
While that cooked I heated the milk mixture for the cheese sauce and boiled the pasta. (Not sure why this image is sideways!)
Once the cheese sauce was made, I just tossed the pasta with the mushrooms and the sauce and drizzled with some extra truffle oil (I only had black truffle oil, not white) and the breadcrumb mixture and threw it under the broiler. I apparently need to learn to use my gas broiler as the heat obviously was a bit uneven! oops!
The finished product was awesome!! So filling and delicious. I probably could have done a little more cheese sauce (I had more pasta than the original recipe), though it is supposed to be a "light" recipe.
Verdict - definitely a great recipe, I would do this one again, or perhaps get a bit more adventurous next time!! The best part is that it was actually a fairly fast recipe. It didnt take an hour of baking, just about 10 minutes under the broiler and it was done!
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