Bacon Blue Mac and Cheese
Bacon Blue Mac and Cheese
Jennifer
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Salads and Sides, Casseroles
Leave it to Sauce Goddess to come up with just the right recipe to combine bacon blue cheese and a delicious cream sauce.

Ingredients
- 2 cups regular thick cut low salt bacon, chopped into bite-sized pieces
- 2 cloves garlic, diced
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 3 Tbsp cup flour
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 cup gorgonzola or blue cheese, crumbled
- 1 cup jack cheese, shredded
- 1 cup sharp cheddar, shredded
- 1 Tbsp Sauce Goddess Sweet Heat seasoning
- 1 lb dry pasta, any shape is fine
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup parmesan, grated
- 1 Tbsp butter, melted
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 300.
- Cook bacon in a fry pan until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from pan. Leave 1 Tbsp. or so of the bacon drippings. The more drippings
- the stronger the bacon flavor will be in the sauce.
- Add butter to the pan. Slowly add flour and stir to create a roux (medium thick flour/butter paste).
- Slowly add milk to create the white sauce. Whisking constantly to prevent lumps.
- Add in hot sauce and Sauce Goddess BBQ Sweet Heat.
- Set aside 1/4 cup each of the gorgonzola and jack cheeses, and cup of the cheddar for
- the topping. Add remaining cheeses in small batches slowly, adding more after the
- first amount has melted.
- Add back in the bacon and garlic. Stir to combine. Remove from heat.
- Cook pasta until almost done (still a bit firm when you eat it). You don’t want
- overdone pasta for this because you cook it in the oven for 45 minutes.
- Drain pasta and add to the sauce. Give it a final taste and add salt and pepper if it needs it. Pour into a 9x13 baking dish.
- In a bowl, mix 1/2 cup of each of the remaining cheeses with 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and 1 Tbsp of butter. Sprinkle this over the pasta and sauce. Bake in oven for 45 minutes.