Burnin’ Love Habanero Mac And Cheese
- by: BurninLoveBBQ
- Rating:
- Category: Main Course
- Level: Easy
- Total Time: 1 hr 0 mins
2 cups pasta shells, dry
1 lb Cheddar cheese, shredded
8 oz Habanero jack, shredded
4 slices thick bacon, cooked crisp
1/2 cup yellow onion, finely diced
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
4 tablespoons Mexican sour cream
1 large egg, beaten
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half-and-half
Topping:
1/2 cup butter
2 cups panko bread crumbs
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cook pasta until “almost” aldente. Crumble cooked bacon.
In a large bowl, toss together pasta with the Habanero cheese and pour into the baking dish. In a large bowl mix together the flour, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, dry mustard, and sour cream, egg, crumbled bacon, heavy cream and half-and-half. Pour over the pasta and cover with shredded Cheddar. Bake uncovered until top is just beginning to brown, about 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a skillet over medium heat, melt butter, panko and toast until golden. Sprinkle on top of the macaroni and cheese and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes more.
Enjoy.
Yield: | 8 servings | ||
Prep Time: | 0 hr 15 mins | ||
Cook Time: | 0 hr 45 mins | ||
Ready In: | 0 hr 45 mins | ||
Category: | Main Course | ||
Main Ingredient: | Pasta | ||
Cooking Method: | Baking |
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Nationality: | United States | ||
Special Diet: | One Pot Meal | ||
Recipe Tags: | macaroni | cheese | habanero |
Chef's Note & Story
I love Mac & Cheese, always have. Even that scary Chernobyl-orange stuff in the box…love it!
Mac & Cheese was our comfort food (and, at 10 cents a box, sometimes our only food) when I was a kid.
Now, of course, I’m old enough to understand that it’s also a nearly-ideal complement for that most perfect of cuisines…barbeque.
So, when a friend posted about having tried a Habanero Pepperjack Cheese from Tillamook Cheese (right here in God’s country), my first thought was, “Holy crap…that would make a killer mac and cheese!”
And, sure enough, it did.
Just enough fire to earn your respect, without losing any of its creamy wonderfulness, here’s the recipe we came up with. A scoop of this, and a dollop of pulled pork between two slices of white bread, and you just might have a perfect meal.
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WOW, This sounds great and it on my menu for this week!
Sounds hot and delicious, nice twist to mac and cheese:)