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What You Need
1 pound mini rigatoni pasta
1 shallot, sliced
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon olive oil
5 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup flour
2 cups milk
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese
8 ounces Monterrey jack cheese
8 ounces mozzarella cheese
8 ounces cream cheese softened
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
What To Do
Preheat oven to 375.
Grate all the dry cheeses together 
Cook pasta according to the directions – BUT under cook the pasta by 4 minutes.
In a large sauce pan heat up the oil and butter. Cook shallots for 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
Add flour – mix constantly till you have a roux. ( basically the mixture becomes a nice golden brown) .
Add milk and cook for 2 minutes.
Add ALL cheeses – ( except leaving 1/2 cup of the dry cheese mixture for topping).
Cook for 5 minutes.
Add seasonings. Mix the pasta and cheese mixture together.
In a casserole dish ( greased) add the cheesy pasta
Sprinkle the panko and reserved cheese on top
Bake for 30 minutes – or until the top becomes a nice golden brown.
Enjoy
- 1 pound mini rigatoni pasta
- 1 shallot, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ teaspoon olive oil
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese
- 8 ounces Monterrey jack cheese
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅓ cup panko bread crumbs
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Grate all the dry cheeses together
- Cook pasta according to the directions – BUT under cook the pasta by 4 minutes.
- In a large sauce pan heat up the oil and butter. Cook shallots for 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook for one minute.
- Add flour – mix constantly till you have a roux. ( basically the mixture becomes a nice golden brown) .
- Add milk and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add ALL cheeses – ( except leaving ½ cup of the dry cheese mixture for topping).
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Add seasonings. Mix the pasta and cheese mixture together.
- In a casserole dish ( greased) add the cheesy pasta
- Sprinkle the panko and reserved cheese on top
- Bake for 30 minutes – or until the top becomes a nice golden brown.
- Enjoy
This recipe is adapted from HERE
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I made this tonight and it was AMAZING!!! I double everything to feed all 8 of us. The kids asked for seconds tonight, it was great. Thanks for all the yummy ideas!!
Oh my heavens! This was absolutely delicious!! Thanks for the recipe!