Baked Macaroni and Cheese With Ham

"A simple dish from Once a Month Cooking. You can cook this straight from the freezer for an easy weeknight dinner."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • White sauce:

  • In medium saucepan, combine cornstarch, salt and pepper; using wire whisk, stir in milk until smooth. Add butter. Stirring constantly with rubber spatula, bring to boil over medium-high heat and boil 1 minute. Remove from heat.
  • Stir dry mustard into white sauce; add 1 3/4 cups grated cheese and stir until melted (reserve 1/4 cup cheese for topping). Cook elbow macaroni for six minutes; drain. Add cheese sauce to macaroni; stir. Turn into a greased, 2-quart casserole dish; stir in ham cubes. Top with reserved grated cheese.
  • To freeze:

  • Cover casserole with aluminum foil; seal dish in jumbo freezer bag. Freeze.
  • To prepare:

  • Place frozen casserole (covered with aluminum foil) in preheated 375ºF oven. Bake for 25 minutes; remove aluminum foil. Bake 25 minutes more, or until hot and bubbly.

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Reviews

  1. Really good, I used sharp cheddar and it came out creamy and very flavorful, even DH loved it. This is simple to make and a perfect use for some of the left over ham. Thank you lazyme for a really good mac&cheese.
     
  2. Pure comfort food! Made exactly as written, except I baked it right away (for 25 minutes) and skipped the freezing. Turned out very creamy and tasty!
     
  3. i used this recipe as a basic guide. i added dry mustard and cayenne and used a flour/butter rouxe. turned out delicious.
     
  4. I made this as directed and we didn't really care for it. The cheese didn't seem as creamy as I was hoping (I guess I was looking for a consistency more like Velveeta). I prepared the dish and cooked it immediately rather than freezing- baked for 15 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered.
     
  5. Wow! I was just going to post this exact recipe and here it is!! We just love this and have it quite often!
     
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