The Best Macaroni and Cheese Ever

The Best Macaroni and Cheese Ever

from homewithhollyj.com
Main Course
45 min
6 servings

This is not your traditional mac and cheese. This recipe calls for egg noodles instead of macaroni and the cheeses are a mix of fontina, parmesan, and mozzarella. This is comfort food at its finest and you can add ham to make it a main dish or to add extra flavor.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbspbutter (softened)
  • 12 ozegg noodles
  • 2 cupsheavy cream
  • 2 ½ cupswhole milk
  • 2 tspall purpose flour
  • ½ tspsalt (plus more for pasta water)
  • ¼ tspblack pepper
  • 2 cupsgrated fontina cheese (packed)
  • ¾ cupfinely grated parmesan (packed)
  • ¾ cupgrated mozzarella (packed)
  • 4 ozcooked ham, diced ((this is optional))
  • 1 tbspchopped flat leaf parsley (italian parsley)
  • water for boiling egg noodles

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 450º F

  2. 2

    Take the softened butter, and grease a 9 x 13 glass baking dish, and set aside.

  3. 3

    Cook the egg noodles as directed in a large pot of boiling water. Add about 2-3 tbsps. of salt to the water. Cook the noodles until tender but still firm to bite. Approximately 5-7 minutes.

  4. 4

    While the noodles are cooking, whisk together the cream, milk, flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and pepper in a large mixing bowl.

  5. 5

    Stir in 1 cup of the Fontina Cheese, 1/2 cup of the parmesan, and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella, ham if using, and parsley. Mix well.

  6. 6

    When the noodles are done, drain well but do not rinse.

  7. 7

    Add the noodles to the mixing bowl and toss to coat. When mixed well, dump the noodle mixture into the buttered baking dish.

  8. 8

    Toss the remaining grated cheeses together in a small bowl to blend. Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the noodle mixture.

  9. 9

    Bake until the sauce starts to bubble and the cheese melts and begins to brown on top. About 20-25 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.