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April 1, 2014

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Recipe | Mac + Cheese with Brie, Manchego, and Mushrooms




 

Cheese has got to be one of
my favorite food groups, if not my all-time favorite. I can munch on almost any
variety and I frequently find myself finishing off a block. All by myself.
Cheese satisfies a desire to experience something hearty and simple. Complex
yet uncomplicated. Something gooey, creamy and salty. I first tasted Manchego
cheese at a friend’s 30th birthday celebration. The theme of the
evening was a wheel of Manchego cheese. We paired the Manchego with figs,
freshly baked baguettes, honey, roasted walnuts, grapes, and wine. The menu was
divine, and we spent hours talking about the rich, nutty, textural wheel of
Manchego.

When cheese is paired with
the simplest of ingredients, a dish can be elevated from ordinary to luxurious.
The recipe I’m sharing today is one of those dishes. Macaroni and cheese from a
box is one of the easiest meals to prepare. Kids everywhere love it, but it lacks depth of flavor. Making
macaroni and cheese from scratch requires a bit more time and effort but
promises an incredibly rich reward. With the addition of real cheese (namely, President Brie and Manchego), white wine, and mushrooms, this recipe
does not disappoint. It’s creamy, cheesy, and you won’t be able to stop eating
it! Serve it with roasted veggies or a salad and you have a meal!

Mac & Cheese with Brie, Manchego, and Mushrooms

Ingredients
– 1 lb organic whole wheat pasta
– 2 slices sprouted grain
bread (I used Ezekiel flax bread)
– 1/2 cup raw pecans
– 2 tablespoons organic coconut oil
– 1 tablespoon olive oil
– 1 lb mushrooms, cut into
quarters
– 1 8-ounce Président Brie
Round, chopped and with wax grated off
– 3 garlic cloves, minced
– Salt and pepper
– 1/2 cup dry white wine
– 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
– 1 cup whole milk
– 1 5.2 ounce Président
Manchego block, chopped
Directions
– Preheat oven to 350
degrees.
– Boil water for pasta and
cook according to instructions on
package.
– Place bread and pecans in
food processor and process until well blended and pecans are nicely chopped.
– In a medium-large frying
pan, warm 1 tablespoon coconut oil, then add bread crumb mixture. Toss with the
butter and cook until slightly browned. Remove from pan and put aside.
– In same frying pan, warm
one tablespoon of coconut oil and one tablespoon of olive oil, then add minced garlic.
Cook for about 1 minute, then add mushrooms, and salt and pepper to taste. Let
mushrooms cook for about 3 minutes, then add white wine. After simmering for a
few minutes, remove mushrooms from pan with slotted spoon. Put aside.
– In same frying pan, whisk the flour into the
liquid, then add milk. Stir constantly until mixture begins to thicken.
– Remove pan from heat and
add Brie and Manchego cheeses. Continue stirring until cheeses are melted.
– Add pasta and mushrooms
and mix completely.
– Place pasta in 9×13 baking
dish (or individual oven-safe serving dishes) and sprinkle with bread crumb
mixture. Bake for 15 minutes.
– Serve piping hot with roasted veggies or a salad.
Recipe adapted from TheKitchn.

Art of Cheese is a new (and beautiful) digital showcase that just launched to show off Président Cheese’s tasty cheese varieties. Président Cheese recently partnered with a group of seven bloggers and asked us each to share our own interpretation of “the art of cheese” by showing how we’d reinvent a classic cheese dish. Check out the other posts on Art of Cheese, and follow along with #artofcheese. Enter to win $50 worth of your own Président cheese by visiting ArtofCheese.com and entering the Pinterest sweepstakes.

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  1. anything with brie, i am sold. yum!

  2. Woah…I've never had mac and cheese this way before, but my goodness this looks delicious and so yummy, walnut topping? So basically this is like a cheese plate melted and wraped around delicious pasta!? I think I may have to give this a go for my house soon.

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