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| Cheesy Broccoli Macaroni |
Rebekah’s Cheesy Broccoli Macaroni
1 - 16oz (.5 kilo)box of elbow (or small shell) macaroni.
2 - 8oz (.25 kilo) blocks
of cheese sliced and set on a plate
– mix and match extreme
flavors like Mozzarella and Extra Sharp Cheddar. Swiss and American. Münster and Emmentaler.
1 lb (.5 kilo) of broccoli (washed and stems peeled and cut
into ¼ in pieces. Florets washed and picked apart)
1/3 of half a red onion diced
3 garlic bulbs diced
2 tablespoons (29.5 grams) of flour
3 tablespoons (44.4 grams) of butter diced
1 - 12oz (.3 kilo) can of evaporated milk
Set oven to 375°F
(190.5°C). Lightly grease (or
use a spray oil like PAM) the bottom of a 13x9x2 baking pan. (No access to a
13x9 pan? Use any 15 cup casserole pan.)
In a large pot boil heavily salted water. Add the elbows and
broccoli. Boil 9 – 11 minutes or until aldente.
While the water is boiling, in a sauce pot, melt over medium
heat the 3 tablespoons of butter, add onions and garlic and let that simmer for
a minute or two. Whisk in the 2 tablespoons of flour to create a roué.
Remove the sauce pan off of the burner and slowly whisk in
the evaporated milk. Place back onto the burner. Keeping at medium heat, whisk
in slowly the half of the cheese. Don’t stop whisking. The cheese will eventually melt
and the cheese sauce will thicken. At this point, set the heat on low.
The pasta and broccoli will be aldente by now. I personally recommend
using a hand strainer to remove the pasta, because the florets would have broken
apart and may fall through the holes of the colander. Drain and set into a
large mixing bowl.
Pour cheese sauce over the macaroni/broccoli mix and using a scraper, mix
everything together. Then pour into the baking pan. Top with the remaining
cheese. Bake, uncovered, for 25 minutes. Serve hot. En Geute!
If evaporated milk is not available in your area, you can achieve the same results by using heavy whipping cream. 1:1 ratio.
Oh yeah, I did not go over the affordability of this!
ReplyDeleteCheese blocks 2/$4 at Target 2weeks ago.
Pasta Publix B1G1 Free and used $1 off 3 coupon.
Broccoli 2/$1 at C&D produce
Evaporated Milk Free after buying Libby's Pumpkin from a previous sale. (norm 1.09)
Butter sticks B1G1 at WinnDixie = $.57 per stick.
PAM B1G1 + $.55 coupon = .89
I like making foods my family likes (like mac and cheese) and sticking healthiness in it that they can't pick out (like broccoli). Muhahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteHahahahaa! If you make the broccoli small enough, they just might not notice! or even cauliflower - it'll turn yellow with the cheese. :D!
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