Thursday, November 15, 2012

Gluten Free Macaroni and Cheese!

Gluten Free Holidays

Holidays are a wonderful time to gather together and share in the joy of family. This means FOOD! If you have a gluten allergy or sensitivity in your family, try this awesome baked mac and cheese recipe...they are shure to thank you!








Ingredients:

For the casserole:

12 oz gluten free penne pasta

For the sauce:

2 T light olive oil or butter
2 T sweet rice flour
2 1/2 c milk or soy milk
1 1/2 c shredded aged sharp or mellow cheddar cheese
3/4 c small curd cottage cheese
1/2 t sea salt
1/2 t Dijon or honey mustard
1/4 t freshly grated nutmeg
1-2 T dry sherry or white wine

For the topping:

1 c Crunchy Gluten Free Bread Crumbs
Sprinkle of dried basil and parsley


Instructions:

To pre cook pasta, bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil and partially cook the pasta- just to al dente. Drain pasta and rinse under cold water. Set aside.

In a sauce pan, heat olive oil to medium heat and whisk in flour. Cook for about 10 seconds and slowly add in milk. Keep stirring and bring it to a bubble and reduce heat to low. Add cheese, cottage cheese, nutmeg, salt and mustard. Stir. Add sherry or wine. Continue stirring and heating until the cheese melts, a couple of minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F.

Combine pasta and cheese sauce. Stir,
Sprinkle top of casserole with breadcrumbs and basil.

Bake at 350 for about 25 minutes until heated through.

Serves 4.

Thanks to the wonderful goddess at glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com for this amazing recipe!


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