Crab Mac-N-Cheese

Baked Crab Macaroni together with Cheese.  Not a combination I would accept always come upwardly up with, but yet it is amazing.  I had macaroni together with cheese on my ‘culinary bucket list’ together with began the query for a improve than average recipe to teach me started.  I got a picayune side tracked when I read the reviews for this recipe – “beyond eating seat quality” together with ” real impressive” receiving null less than v stars from each reviewer.

I was intrigued together with decided this was worth a try.  Virginia is all most crabs together with if y'all tin uncovering yourself a born-and-raised Virginian, they mightiness demonstrate y'all how to laid upwardly together with consume them similar a native.  Well give cheers goodness this recipe uses canned crab meat – together with thence instantly y'all tin arrive too!  My boy said it was amazing together with everybody loved it.  It was fifty-fifty peachy leftover the adjacent day.  This recipe is a keeper together with absolutely blog-worthy!

 

Creamy Baked Crab Mac-N-Cheese

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Crab Mac-N-Cheese

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

1 hr

 

Classic mac-n-cheese alongside tender chunks of sugariness crab meat

Course:

Main Course

Servings: 4

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

• 
  1/2
  pound
  Macaroni pasta
  


• 
  3
  slices
  loaf bread
  


• 
  4
  tablespoons
  unsalted butter
  


• 
  2
  tablespoons
  chopped fresh parsley
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  garlic powder
  


• 
  1
  tablespoon
  grated Parmesan cheese
  


• 
  1
  teaspoon
  Kosher salt,
  divided
  


• 
  1/4
  cup
  all role flour
  


• 
  1 3/4
  cup
  milk
  


• 
  1
  cup
  half together with half
  


• 
  1/4
  teaspoon
  Cayenne pepper
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  Old Bay Seasoning
  


• 
  1/2
  teaspoon
  ground mustard
  


• 
  2
  cups
  medium Cheddar Cheese
  grated
  


• 
  1
  cup
  Fontina Cheese
  grated
  


• 
  2
  (6-ounce) cans Fancy Lump Crab Meat,
  drained
  

Instructions

1. 
   
   Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook pasta according to packet directions for 5-7 minutes or until it is a picayune soft but underdone. Drain together with rinse the pasta together with laid aside.
   
   


2. 
   
   Process the breadstuff inwards a nutrient processor until it forms pocket-sized crumbs. Melt 1 tablespoon butter inwards a pocket-sized bowl. Add the breadcrumbs together with toss to combine. Add the parsley, garlic powder, Parmesan together with 1/2 teaspoon tabular array salt to the crumbs together with laid aside.
   
   


3. 
   
   In a pocket-sized bowl combine the milk together with cream together with laid aside. In a medium saucepan melt the remaining three tablespoons butter over medium heat. Whisk inwards the flour together with oestrus until bubbly. Continuing whisking together with laid upwardly for 1 minute. Slowly add together the milk mixture, whisking continuously until smooth. Cook until the milk has thickened plenty to coat the dorsum of a spoon.
   
   


4. 
   
   Remove the saucepan from the oestrus together with add together the cayenne, Old Bay, mustard together with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir inwards the cheese until melted. Check seasonings together with add together tabular array salt if needed.
   
   


5. 
   
   In a large bowl combine the pasta, cheese sauce together with crab meat together taking attention non to interruption upwardly all the crab lumps. Butter or lightly grease a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish. Pour the macaroni together with cheese into the casserole dish together with sprinkle the breadstuff crumbs on top. Bake 25-30 minutes or until the spill out is dark-brown together with macaroni is bubbly. If the topping browns besides rapidly comprehend loosely alongside foil.
   
   

Recipe Notes

(adapted from a recipe past times Jodiemo every bit posted on Tasty Kitchen)

Yummy stuff.  It may live on jump inwards Virginia but they’re calling for to a greater extent than snowfall this evening together with Monday.  We had simply plenty fourth dimension to sneak inwards this wonderful warm, comforting casserole earlier the weather condition changes.  Thanks together with thence much for stopping by!

Tricia

Source: savingdessert.com