Black and Blue Mac and Cheese

• Produce

  • 1/4 cup Parsley, fresh

• Pasta & Grains

  • 1 lb Pasta

• Baking & Spices

  • 3 tbsp Flour

• Bread & Baked Goods

  • 1/3 cup Panko breadcrumbs

• Dairy

  • 1/4 cup Blue cheese
  • 4 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 2 cups White cheddar cheese

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1/2 cup Guinness

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Description

Ingredients

• FOR THE MAC AND CHEESE:
• 1 lb. pasta (I used large shells)
• 3 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 3 Tbsp. flour
• ½ cup Guinness (or another dark stout beer)
• 2 cups milk (I used 2%)
• 2 cups shredded white cheddar cheese
• ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese, divided
• FOR THE BREADCRUMB TOPPING:
• 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• ⅓ cup panko breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped, for garnish

Directions

• FOR THE MAC AND CHEESE:
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook pasta in very salty water until two minutes less than al dente. Drain pasta and set aside.
• Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat (I use the same pot I just cooked the pasta in). Add flour and whisk to form a roux. Cook roux for about 1 minute until fragrant.
• Slowly stream beer into roux, whisking constantly to work out any lumps of roux.
• Whisk milk into sauce. Let cook until sauce has thickened and just barely reached a simmer, 7-10 minutes.
• When sauce has thickened, remove from heat and stir in white cheddar cheese until cheese is completely melted.
• Fold half of the blue cheese into the sauce and reserve the rest for topping the finished pasta.
• Add cooked pasta to sauce and stir to coat. Spoon mac and cheese into a large baking dish and top with toasted breadcrumbs (instructions below).
• FOR THE BREADCRUMBS:
• Melt butter in a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat. Add breadcrumbs and stir to combine. Toast breadcrumbs, stirring occasionally, until theyre lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove toasted breadcrumbs from heat and sprinkle evenly across the top of the macaroni and cheese.
• TO ASSEMBLE:
• Bake mac and cheese at 375 for 20-25 minutes until breadcrumbs have browned and edges of pasta have crisped up. Remove from oven and top with remaining blue cheese and chopped parsley. Serve immediately.