Recipe - Macaroni And Blue Cheese

One fourth cup Butter or margarine
One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
2 cup Milk
1 pack (4 oz.) crumbled blue cheese
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 lg Egg; lightly beaten
8 ounce Elbow macaroni; cooked
1 Jar (2 oz.) minced pimiento;
drained (sort of optional)
One half cup Soft breadcrumbs
One half cup Walnuts; finely chopped
Fresh parsley sprigs to
garnish, if desired

1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven or over low heat; whisk in flour. Cook,
whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually add milk; cook, whisking
constantly, over medium heat until thickened.

2. Stir in blue cheese and salt. Strir onefourth of hot mixture into egg;
add to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in macaroni and
pimiento; spoon into a lightly greased shallow 2quart baking dish.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and walnuts.

3. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Garnish if desired. Posted to TNT
Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "Mandy Rose Bell"
mbell@cdsnet.net on Jul 30, 1997