Macaroni and cheese cake from lhj

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¼ cup Milk
1 can (13 3/4 or 14 1/2 oz.) chicken broth
3 tablespoons Butter or margarine
½ cup All-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Salt
⅓ cup Dry bread crumbs; plus 2 tablespoons
8 ounces Mozzarella cheese; shredded
⅓ cup Grated parmesan cheese; plus 1 tablespoon
1 cup Finely chopped plum tomatoes
½ cup Julienned fresh basil leaves; plus 1 tablespoon
Chopped fresh parsley
½ teaspoon Dried basil
¼ teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
1 pinch Ground red pepper
3 cups Elbow macaroni; cooked according to package directions
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine; melted
1 cup Seeded thinly sliced plum tomatoes

Directions

WHITE SAUCE

MAC

1. Make White Sauce: Bring milk and broth just to a boil in saucepan. Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, whisking, 1 minute. Gradually whisk in hot milk mixture and salt; bring to boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking, 3 minutes.

2. Heat oven to 375øF. Grease 9-inch springform pan and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons bread crumbs; shake out excess.

3. Stir mozzarella, ⅓ cup Parmesan, the chopped tomatoes, ½ cup basil, and freshly ground and red peppers into white sauce. Stir in macaroni; spoon into prepared pan.

4. Combine butter with remaining ⅓ cup crumbs and 1 tablespoon Parmesan in bowl; sprinkle over macaroni. Place on cookie sheet and bake 25 to 35 minutes, until golden and bubbly. Cool 20 minutes. Garnish with tomato slices and remaining basil. Remove sides of pan. Makes 8 servings.

Prep time: 30 minutes Baking time: 25 to 35 minutes Degree of difficulty: Easy

(C) Copyright 1998, Meredith Corporation, All Rights Reserved.

Busted by Barb at Possum Kingdom. by LHJrecipe recipe mailing list [LHJRECIPE@...] on Tuesday, February 10, 1998 5:37 AM NOTES : FROM LHJ ONLINE This "cake" is really an elegant version of good old mac 'n' cheese. It has all the comfort of the original plus basil and tomatoes.

Recipe by: LHJ Kitchen [lhjkitchen@...] Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "abprice@..." <abprice@...> on Feb 13, 1998

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