Living here in the south, macaroni and cheese is EVERYWHERE! HomeMADE
mac and cheese. Not the stuff in the box...which, by the way, I am a
BIG fan of. (I think last that sentence wasn't grammatically correct.
This is a cooking page...not a grammer page...so whatever.) Aaannywayyy,
I decided to take a basic cheese sauce and re-do your basic mac and
cheese...but with no mac. I used gnocchi instead! If you've never had
gnocchi, you don't know what you're missing. Little potato dumplings is
what they are! And SO yummy! Mixed with the cheese...sprinkled with a
little parm, a little breadcrumbs...I was a happy girl, let me tell you!
THIS...you HAVE to try!
Gnocchi and Cheese
1 lb. gnocchi ~ I used store bought
2 tbsp butter
2 tsp garlic, minced
1 tbsp flour
1 cup half & half
1 tsp dijon mustard
2/3 cup gruyere cheese, grated (or a combination of your favorite cheeses, 1/3 cup each)
1/3 cup parmesan, grated
1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 375°F and spray a small casserole dish with cooking spray.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add gnocchi and cook until they’ve floated to the surface. About 2 minutes.
Drain gnocchi and place in a single-layer in the prepared pan.
Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat
Stir in garlic and cook about 30 seconds.
Whisk in flour until it thickens and bubbles, then whisk in the half & half and the dijon.
Continue to whisk and cook until thickened, about 3-5 minutes
Add the cheese to the butter/milk mixture, stirring until cheese has melted. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Pour sauce evenly over the gnocchi.
In a small bowl, combine the parmesan and panko then sprinkle on top of the gnocchi
Bake until the top is golden and bubbly, about 25 minutes.
Let the gnocchi set for a few minutes before serving.
Here's what you'll need for this yumminess.
Melt the butter in a saucepan
then add the minced garlic.
Add the flour and cook that for a bit.
Then add the milk and the dijon mustard.
Then the cheese. Stir until smooth
and the cheese is melted.
Cook the gnocchi...
..then place it a shallow pan.
Pour the cheese sauce over the gnocchi.
Combine the panko and the parm.
Then sprinkle over the cheese sauce.
Bake it up!
