Dellaโs Kitchen Mac & Cheese
Mornay Cream Sauce
Ingredients:ย Cream Sauce
ยผ cup finely chopped shallots
ยผ pound of unsalted butter
4 tablespoons of all purpose flour
1 ยฝ cups of heavy cream
ยผ cup Gruyรจre cheese, grated
ยฝ cup aged cheddar cheese, grated
salt, white pepper, and nutmeg to taste
Instructions:ย Cream Sauce
Melt the butter in a saucepan on low heat. Add the flour and stir with a whisk until smooth and creamy.
Add the cream and continue to stir until thoroughly mixed. Turn the heat up to medium high. Bring cream sauce to a simmer and cook for about three minutes while stirring until sauce coats the back of a spoon. Mix in grated Gruyรจre cheese and aged cheddar. Then add a pinch of salt, White pepper and nutmeg to taste.
Pasta
Ingredients: Pasta
1 pound of epoundow pasta
1ยฝ gallons of water
2 tablespoons kosher salt
Instructions: Pasta
In a large pot, bring one and half gallons of water to a boil. Add salt to the boiling waterโsalt enhances the natural flavor of the pasta. Drop in your desired amount of dried pasta and cook until โal denteโ an Italian term meaning โto the toothโ a term describing the correct degree of preparedness. Pasta should have a slight chewy resistance when cooked al dente. Most dried pasta will cook in 8 to 12 minutes. Drain the pasta using a colander and add to your prepared sauce immediately to serve. Top sauced pasta with bread crumbs and toast in an oven preheated to 350ยบF and bake until bread crumbs are golden brown.
