Pizza Mac n' Cheese
Two favorite foods of kids – Mac n' Cheese and Pizza; combine them and you get a delightful Pizza Mac n' Cheese dinner even adults will enjoy. Serves 7-8
Ingredients:
2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
3 cups reduced fat milk (2%)
4 level tablespoons flour*
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard, optional
1/4 teaspoon salt, optional
2 cups reduced fat shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Black pepper, to taste
1/2 pound lean ground pork
1 1/2 cups pizza or spaghetti sauce
Black olives, pepperoni, optional garnish
Method:
Cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain and rinse. Set aside while preparing sauces below.
While macaroni is cooking, prepare cheese sauce. Whisk flour, dry mustard and optional salt into 1 cup cold milk. Whisk in remaining milk; place in medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat. Heat, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens and begins to boil. Reduce heat to simmer and boil 1 minute. Add shredded Cheddar cheese and stir to melt. Add drained macaroni and heat through; keep Mac n' Cheese warm while preparing pizza sauce.
Scramble fry meat until cooked through. Drain and blot any excess fat. Stir pizza / spaghetti sauce into meat. Heat through.
Spoon 1/2 the Mac n' Cheese into a large deep pie plate; spoon pizza sauce around edge of dish. Spoon remaining Mac n' Cheese into center of pizza sauce. Garnish top with optional sliced black olives and pepperoni. Serve hot.
Notes:
* Lightly measure flour, by fluffing with a spoon before measuring.