with Bacon
Ingredients: 2% Milk (partly skimmed milk, vitamin A palmitate, vitamin D3) (milk) • Cavatappi (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, salt, microbial enzymes, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Bacon (pork, water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, spices, smoke) • White cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, salt, calcium chloride, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, microbial rennet, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • 35% Cream (cream, milk, dextrose, cellulose gel, carrageenan, mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum, polysorbate 80, sodium citrate, disodium phosphate) (milk) • All-purpose flour (wheat) • Cream sauce spice blend (wheat flour, salt, garlic powder, onion powder, canola oil, silicon dioxide) (wheat) • Chives.
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Bacon Strips
100 g
Cavatappi
170 g
Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
1 cup
White Cheddar Cheese, shredded
0.5 cup
Cream Sauce Spice Blend
10 g
All-Purpose Flour
2 tbsp
Cream
56 mL
Chives
7 g
Milk
237 mL
Pepper
0.063 tsp
Salt
0.063 tsp
- Before starting, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil (use same for 4 servings). Wash and dry all produce.
- On a clean cutting board, cut bacon into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Thinly slice chives.
- To the boiling water, add pasta. Cook uncovered for 10-12 min, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender.
- Reserve 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) pasta water, then drain and return pasta to the same pot, off heat.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium.
- When hot, add bacon.
- Cook for 5-8 min, stirring occasionally, until crispy.**
- Remove the pan from heat. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined cutting board. Set aside. Discard all but 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) bacon fat.
- Add half the bacon back into the pan with bacon fat. Sprinkle flour over bacon, then stir to coat.
- To the pan, add reserved pasta water, milk and cream.
- Return the pan to medium heat and whisk until combined. Whisk in Cream Sauce Spice Blend. Cook 1-2 min, whisking often, until sauce thickens slightly.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Remove the pan from heat.
- Sprinkle in Monterey Jack and white cheddar. Stir constantly for 1 min, until combined.
- To the pot with pasta, add cheese and bacon mixture.
- Use a large spoon or spatula to stir together.
- Divide mac and cheese between plates or bowls.
- Sprinkle chives and remaining bacon over top.
1070
kcal
Calories
64
g
Fat
34
g
Saturated Fat
82
g
Carbohydrate
9
g
Sugar
5
g
Dietary Fiber
42
g
Protein
155
mg
Cholesterol
1430
mg
Sodium
1.5
g
Trans Fat
550
mg
Potassium
800
mg
Calcium
3.5
mg
Iron
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