French onion macaroni and cheese
By Chatelaine
Photo, Roberto Caruso.
We didn't know we could love macaroni and cheese any more than we already do. Then we tasted this recipe.
Ingredients
-
1 tbsp
butter
-
3
medium
onions
, thinly sliced, about 3 1/2 cups
-
2 tbsp
fresh
thyme leaves
, divided
-
2 1/2 cups
low-sodium
beef broth
-
3/4 cup
water
-
1/4 cup
dry
sherry
-
2 cups
elbow macaroni
pasta
-
2 cups
grated gruyere
cheese
, divided
-
3/4 cup
mascarpone
-
2 tsp
Dijon
mustard
-
1/2 cup
panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- POSITION oven rack in top third of oven. Preheat broiler.
- MELT butter in a medium (10-in.) oven-safe frying pan over medium-high. Add onion and 1 tbsp thyme. Stir occasionally, until onions are golden brown, 8 to 10 min. Pour in broth, water and sherry. Stir in pasta. Boil, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender, 10 to 12 min. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 cup gruyère, mascarpone and Dijon until combined. Stir remaining 1 cup gruyère with panko and sprinkle over pasta.
- BROIL in top third of oven until cheese melts, 1 to 2 min. Sprinkle remaining 1 tbsp thyme over pasta.
Chatelaine Quickies: French onion macaroni and cheese
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 728,
- Protein
- 33 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 63 g,
- Fat
- 38 g,
- Fibre
- 4 g,
- Sodium
- 658 mg.
- Excellent source of
- Vitamin B12
