Crab Macaroni & Cheese

Ingredients

1 ½ lb. Phillips Crab Meat
12 oz. chicken stock
32 oz. shell pasta, cook and reserve warm
4 ½ oz. white cheddar cheese, shredded
4 ½ oz. provolone cheese, shredded
3 oz. Parmesan cheese, shredded
parsley, as garnish

Cheese Sauce:
2 qt. milk
½ small onion, quartered
1 bay leaf
1 clove
8 Tbsp. butter
½ c. flour
3 oz. white cheddar cheese, shredded
3 oz. provolone cheese, shredded
2 oz. Parmesan cheese, shredded
3 oz. heavy cream
salt, pepper and nutmeg, to taste

Cooking Instructions

Prepare Cheese Sauce:

• Warm milk with onion, bay leaf, and clove.
• Melt butter in a separate saucepan, then slowly add the flour into the melted butter, whisking constantly for 3 minutes.
• Strain milk and discard onion, bay leaf, and clove.
• Slowly add the milk to the butter saucepan, stirring constantly.
• Add the cheeses and stir until melted.
• Meanwhile, warm the heavy cream. Add this to the saucepan, stirring to combine.
• Season to taste with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
  

Assemble Phillips Crab Mac & Cheese:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Thin cheese sauce as desired with chicken stock.
• Toss cooked pasta with warm cheese sauce until fully coated.
• Distribute half the sauced pasta evenly into the bottoms of eight individual baking dishes.
• Layer crab meat on top, then add all remaining pasta.
• Top with the shredded cheeses.
• Bake at 350°F for about 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley.

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