Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, caramelized onion & bacon mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook caramelized onion & bacon mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- Get 2 Onions
- Prepare 1/2 stick Butter
- Get 1 tbsp EVOO
- Take 1 6 Slices of Bacon
- Make ready 1 cup Smoked Gouda
- Prepare 2 cup Gruyere
- Get 1 cup Sharp Cheddar
- Get 1/2 cup Parmesan/ Ramano/ or pecorino
- Take 3 tbsp butter
- Get 3 tbsp Flour
- Make ready 4 cup Warm Milk
- Get 2 oz 14 1/ Penne Pasta (Cooked Al Dente)
How long does it really take to caramelize onions? What type of onion to use for caramelized onion. I recommend using Vidalia or sweet yellow onions for this recipe, since they have a slightly sweeter taste. Red onion would be my second choice.
Instructions to make Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- First caramelize your onions. Halve or quarter your onions and cut into thin slices. Melt 1/2 stick butter and olive oil in a medium size, high sided skillet over medium high heat. Add onions, cook 5 minutes until slightly translucent, add salt and pepper (a pinch of cayenne for a kick) then reduce heat to very low. Cook for at least an hour, stirring occasionally, until onions are a gorgeous deep amber color. Remove onions from skillet and set aside.
- Fry your bacon to your preference in the same skillet. Remove and place on paper towel to cool. Once it's cooled chop or tear into bite sized pieces.
- To this very same skillet (imagine all that good bacon, caramelized onion flavor in there!) over medium/low heat, add 3 Tablespoons of butter and melt. Once butter has melted add the flour and cook together for at least one minute, you want to cook off the flour a bit so your sauce doesn't taste of it. Slowly whisk in your milk, I do about a cup at a time. Be sure to whisk well. After each addition let this mixture bubble and thicken (can take up to 5-10 minutes as you near the end). If need be add a bit more milk, you don't want this sauce to be oh-so thick because you'll be adding a lot of cheese which will naturally thicken it up.
- Once you've got a slightly thick, silky sauce, remove skillet from heat and whisk in cheeses, a few cups at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth.
- With a wooden spoon, fold in your cooked pasta, then onions, and finally cooked bacon.
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