Recipe - Macaroni And Cheese Cake From Lhj

WHITE SAUCE
1 One fourth cup Milk
1 cn (13 Three fourths or 14 One half oz.)
chicken broth
3 tablespoon Butter or margarine
One half cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Salt

MAC
1/3 cup Dry bread crumbs; plus 2
tablespoons
8 ounce Mozzarella cheese; shredded
1/3 cup Grated parmesan cheese; plus
1 tablespoon
1 cup Finely chopped plum tomatoes
One half cup Julienned fresh basil
leaves; plus 1 tablespoon
Chopped fresh parsley
One half teaspoon Dried basil
One fourth teaspoon Freshly ground pepper
1 pn Ground red pepper
3 cup Elbow macaroni; cooked
according to package
directions
1 tablespoon Butter or margarine; melted
1 cup Seeded thinly cut or sliced up plum
tomatoes

1. Make White Sauce: Bring milk and broth just to a boil in saucepan. Melt
butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook, whisking, 1
minute. Gradually whisk in hot milk mixture and salt; bring to boil,
whisking. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking, 3 minutes.

2. Heat oven to 375øF. Grease 9inch springform pan and sprinkle with 2
tablespoons bread crumbs; shake out excess.

3. Stir mozzarella, 1/3 cup Parmesan, the chopped tomatoes, One half cup basil,
and freshly ground and red peppers into white sauce. Stir in macaroni;
spoon into prepared pan.

4. Combine butter with remaining 1/3 cup crumbs and 1 tablespoon Parmesan
in bowl; sprinkle over macaroni. Place on cookie sheet and bake 25 to 35
minutes, until golden and bubbly. Cool 20 minutes. Garnish with tomato
slices and remaining basil. Remove sides of pan. Makes 8 servings.

Prep time: 30 minutes Baking time: 25 to 35 minutes Degree of difficulty:
Easy

(C) Copyright 1998, Meredith Corporation, All Rights Reserved.

Busted by Barb at Possum Kingdom. by LHJrecipe recipe mailing list
[LHJRECIPE@MEDIA.TEAMNET.NET] on Tuesday, February 10, 1998 5:37 AM

NOTES : FROM LHJ ONLINE http://www.lhj.com This "cake" is really an
elegant version of good old mac 'n' cheese. It has all the comfort of the
original plus basil and tomatoes.

Recipe by: LHJ Kitchen [lhjkitchen@LHJ.COM]

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" abprice@wf.net on Feb 13,
1998