Macaroni and blue cheese

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
¼cupButter or margarine
¼cupAll-purpose flour
2cupsMilk
1pack(4 oz.) crumbled blue cheese
¼teaspoonSalt
1largeEgg; lightly beaten
8ouncesElbow macaroni; cooked
1Jar (2 oz.) diced pimiento; drained (sort of optional)
½cupSoft breadcrumbs
½cupWalnuts; finely chopped
Fresh parsley sprigs to garnish, if desired

Directions

1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven or over low heat; whisk in flour. Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute. Gradually add milk; cook, whisking constantly, over medium heat until thickened.

2. Stir in blue cheese and salt. Strir one-fourth of hot mixture into egg; add to remaining hot mixture, stirring constantly. Stir in macaroni and pimiento; spoon into a lightly greased shallow 2-quart baking dish.

Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and walnuts.

3. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Garnish if desired. Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by "Mandy Rose Bell" <mbell@...> on Jul 30, 1997