Welcome to our new Members and other stuff!

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

WE haz new members!!

Please welcome eresse21, myth_adventure and perkyandproud!

Get out those favorite recipes and start typing them up to share! Larry and I are always making new recipes, some are good, some not so much but I have lots of them. I'd also like to start theme weeks too in which we can all share our recipe for a certain food or group of foods. I have been hunting a good mac and cheese recipe so this week is Mac and Cheese Week. Dig out your best mac and cheese recipe and share it with us! Tell your friends to join us too. The more the merrier!

Happy Eating!

Alex

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Macaroni and Cheese Carbonara

[nienna-weeper.livejournal.com]

Ingredients
• Unsalted butter, for the baking dish
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 1-inch-thick slice pancetta, cut into small dice
• 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 5 cups whole milk, or more if needed, hot
• 4 large egg yolks, lightly whisked
• 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 cups (8 ounces) grated asiago cheese, plus more for the top
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) grated Irish white cheddar cheese, plus more for the top
• 1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) grated American cheddar cheese, plus more for the top
• 1 cup (4 ounces) grated aged fontina cheese, plus more for the top
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese, plus more for the top
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pound elbow macaroni, cooked just under al dente
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
Directions
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 10-by-10-by-2-inch baking dish and set it aside.
Heat the oil in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add the pancetta and cook until golden brown on all sides, about 8 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels.
Add the garlic to the fat in the pan and cook until lightly golden brown, 1 minute. Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk in the hot milk, raise the heat to high and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened, 3 to about 5 minutes. Whisk in the eggs until incorporated and let cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the thyme, cayenne and all the different cheeses until completely melted. Season with salt and pepper. If the mixture appears too thick, add additional warm milk, 1/4 cup at a time.
Put the cooked macaroni in a large bowl, add the cheese sauce, reserved pancetta, and the parsley, and stir until combined. Transfer to the prepared baking dish.
Combine an additional 1/4 cup each asiago, cheddars, fontina and parmesan in a bowl and sprinkle evenly over the top. Bake until the dish is heated through and the top is a light golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.

[perkyandproud.livejournal.com]

Hello! :-)

I don't have any Mac & Cheese recipes, unfortunately, so I will wait to post when the week's theme comes around to something else.

I do adore Mac & Cheese, however, so I will be eagerly watching this space in the meantime ;-)

[alexcat.livejournal.com]

You can post any recipe you like. We're just featuring that one. We don't actually have rules... we just like to eat!