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Recipes
Three-Cheese Macaroni and Cheese
Makes 6 servings (serving size: about 1 ramekin)
Ingredients
| 1 teaspoon | olive oil |
| 1 cup | finely chopped onion (about 1 medium) |
| 2 tablespoons | all-purpose flour |
| 1 | garlic clove, minced |
| 1 1/2 cups | 1% low-fat milk |
| 1 | bay leaf |
| 1/2 cup | (2 ounces) crumbled Gorgonzola cheese |
| 1/4 teaspoon | salt |
| 2 cups | uncooked elbow macaroni (about 8 ounces) |
| Cooking spray | |
| 2/3 cup | (about 2 1/2 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese |
| 2/3 cup | panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) |
| 1/8 teaspoon | freshly ground black pepper |
Directions
1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion to pan; cook 8 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add flour and garlic; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly. Stir in milk and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly with a whisk. Add Gorgonzola, 1/2 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, and salt; stir until cheeses melt. Discard bay leaf.
2. Preheat oven to 375°.
3. Cook pasta in boiling water 5 minutes or until almost tender, omitting salt and fat; drain well. Add pasta to cheese mixture, stirring well. Place about 1/2 cup pasta mixture into each of 6 (1-cup) ramekins coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella. Top evenly with remaining pasta mixture. Combine remaining 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano and panko; sprinkle evenly over pasta mixture. Spray lightly with cooking spray; sprinkle with black pepper. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes or until heated.
Nutrition
Calories: 321 (28% from fat); Fat: 9.9g (sat 5.6g,mono 2.3g,poly 0.9g); Protein: 17.4g; Carbohydrate: 40.8g; Fiber: 2.4g; Cholesterol: 26mg; Iron: 1.5mg; Sodium: 487mg; Calcium: 332mg.
*Recipe courtesy of Cooking Light
