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An Irishman's Mac and Cheese.
It's loaded with all things a really good mac and cheese should be loaded with, and then some.
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 55 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Tieghan Gerard📖 halfbakedharvest
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●baking dish
- ●oven
- ●pot
- ●baking sheet
- ●whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Kale Pesto Slaw
2
Add the kale to a large bowl and drizzle with olive oil and salt. Massage the olive oil and salt into the kale for a minute or two. Add the pesto and lemon juice, toss well to combine. Keep stored in the fridge.
olive oil2 tablespoonssaltunsalted butter4 tablespoonsteaspoons salt + pepper1/2
3
Mac and Cheese
4
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a baking dish with nonstick spray or lightly grease with oil.
5
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Boil the pasta until al-dente. You want it to have a bit of bite to it. It will finish cooking in the oven. Drain well.
6
In the same pot you boiled the pasta, cook the bacon over medium heat until browned and crisp. Remove the bacon from the pot and drain on a paper towel lined plate. Drain all but one tablespoon of the bacon grease out of the pot. In the same pot, melt the 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour. Reduce the heat to medium-low and let cook/bubble for ⏱️ 1 minute, stirring once or twice to avoid burning. Gradually whisk in the beer and cook another minute. Now slowly pour in the milk, whisking until combined. Raise the heat up to medium-high. Bring the mixture to a boil, whisking frequently until the sauce has thickened, about ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in all of the cheese, kale pesto, mustard powder, cayenne, salt and pepper. Stir until the cheese is fully melted (if needed, return the pot to the heat to fully melt the cheese). Stir in the pasta and bacon, transfer to the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle on the potato chips crumbs and place the baking dish on top of a baking sheet. Bake for ⏱️ 25-30 minutes or until the crumbs are golden brown and the sauce is bubbling. Remove from the oven and let site five minutes (yeah, right). Top with the kale pesto slaw. Dig in!!
saltunsalted butter4 tablespoonsteaspoons salt + pepper1/2
Nutrition Facts
calories
791 kcal
fat Content
54 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
9 g
sodium Content
694 mg
protein Content
32 g
cholesterol Content
103 mg
carbohydrate Content
78 g
saturated Fat Content
23 g
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