Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, caramelized onion & bacon mac & cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese is something that I have loved my entire life.
Roasted New Potatoes with Caramelized Onions and Truffle Oil. Learning how to properly caramelize onions is key. Once you've mastered the basic technique, you'll use them for everything from French onion soup to onion dip to topping burgers.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have caramelized onion & bacon mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- Take 2 Onions
- Get 1/2 stick Butter
- Take 1 tbsp EVOO
- Make ready 1 6 Slices of Bacon
- Get 1 cup Smoked Gouda
- Take 2 cup Gruyere
- Take 1 cup Sharp Cheddar
- Take 1/2 cup Parmesan/ Ramano/ or pecorino
- Get 3 tbsp butter
- Take 3 tbsp Flour
- Take 4 cup Warm Milk
- Take 2 oz 14 1/ Penne Pasta (Cooked Al Dente)
Red onion would be my second choice. Jump To Section What Are Caramelized Onions? How Long Does It Take to Caramelize Onions? The trick to caramelizing onions is cooking them slowly over low heat.
Steps to make Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese:
- First caramelize your onions. Halve or quarter your onions and cut into thin slices. Melt 1/2 stick butter and olive oil in a medium size, high sided skillet over medium high heat. Add onions, cook 5 minutes until slightly translucent, add salt and pepper (a pinch of cayenne for a kick) then reduce heat to very low. Cook for at least an hour, stirring occasionally, until onions are a gorgeous deep amber color. Remove onions from skillet and set aside.
- Fry your bacon to your preference in the same skillet. Remove and place on paper towel to cool. Once it's cooled chop or tear into bite sized pieces.
- To this very same skillet (imagine all that good bacon, caramelized onion flavor in there!) over medium/low heat, add 3 Tablespoons of butter and melt. Once butter has melted add the flour and cook together for at least one minute, you want to cook off the flour a bit so your sauce doesn't taste of it. Slowly whisk in your milk, I do about a cup at a time. Be sure to whisk well. After each addition let this mixture bubble and thicken (can take up to 5-10 minutes as you near the end). If need be add a bit more milk, you don't want this sauce to be oh-so thick because you'll be adding a lot of cheese which will naturally thicken it up.
- Once you've got a slightly thick, silky sauce, remove skillet from heat and whisk in cheeses, a few cups at a time, until fully incorporated and smooth.
- With a wooden spoon, fold in your cooked pasta, then onions, and finally cooked bacon.
Be patience—if you try to do it too quickly, you might end up with burnt onions. I honestly can eat that entire pan without anyone's help. Just gimme some crusty bread and I'm ready to go to town! Besides, caramelized onions last in the refrigerator for as long as a week. You can freeze caramelized onions too.
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