Mozzarella Macaroni and Cheese

Submitted by Pinay0618

"I love mac and cheese, but sometimes the traditional cheddar versions have way more salt than I can handle. I love the texture of this one, too - there's no grainy feel to the sauce like you get with cheddar cheese. Recipe is by Angie McGowan of the blog Eclectic Recipes."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons Gold Medal all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic, very finely chopped
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil leaf

directions

1. Cook and drain macaroni as directed on package.
2. In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Using whisk, stir in flour, salt and garlic. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until mixture smells nutty and is lightly golden, stirring constantly with whisk.
3. Add milk. Continue to beat with whisk, scraping bottom of skillet until mixture heats to boiling. Mixture will thicken. Remove from heat; add cheese and basil. Stir with whisk until smooth. Stir in drained macaroni.
4. Serve with additional basil leaves if desired.

Reviews

[Lynn D.]

do you think this could be cooked in a slow cooker and not in the oven, using the same ingredients?

 

[blueartemis4]

This was very tasty and quick to prepare! I omitted the basil, but kept everything else the same. It had a nice flavor and consistency, though I might even add more garlic next time to give it more of a kick.

 

[samanthapaskorz]

Yum!!! Excellent taste! I doubled the recipe and added a pinch of dried basil at the end. I put this with gluten free flour, noodles and added a little gluten free toast to the top. My young picky eaters asked for seconds. Thank you for this recipe! I only had mozzarella so I had to go with that. I will definitely be making this often.

 

[bmonteca]

Really good! Thanks for the awesome recipe! Only problem I had was with the noodle quantity. I had wayyy too much sauce for the 2 cups of noodles. I ended up with a goopy cheese mix, so I just boiled more noodles :) If you're making this I would suggest adding the sauce to the noodles slowly to avoid having to boil more. Thanks :)

 

[laurspringer]

I really liked this recipe as an alternative to the usual cheddar mac and cheese. I found it to be very flavorful and the garlic really added the extra flavor. I would retitle this to Garlic Mozzarella Mac and Cheese!