Mac and Cheese With Brie

Easy and delicious pasta recipe is perfect for your family dinner! Make your mac and cheese more exquisite with the addition of Brie cheese. I think this dish will surprise your family members with its taste and look. And it won't take a lot of your time and efforts to prepare.

Brie Mac and Cheese recipe was first published on the blog.

• ½ cup butter cubes
• 3 cups milk
• ¼ cup flour
• 3 ½ cups macaroni shells
• 2 ½ oz hard cheese freshly grated (don't use store-bought pre-grated)
• 1 ⅖ cups Brie cheese, chopped, with skin on
• 1/2 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp ground thyme
• 1 tsp ground paprika
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 2 slices crispbread
• 1 tbsp Dried red pepper flakes optional, for topping
• 1/2 tsp Dried chives optional, for topping

• 1 7 x 10 inch baking dish
• 2 large pots
• ladle
• oven
• mortar and pestle

Bring large pot with salted water to boil. Put dried macaroni in the water and cook them al dente (2-3 minutes less than instructed on the package). Drain, but leave a ladle of pasta water aside - you will need it later.

Melt butter in a clean heavy bottom pot. Whisk in flour.

Add chopped onion and garlic.

Whisk in milk.

Add Brie and grated cheese.

Add spices.

Add a ladle of reserved pasta water in the sauce. Mix and cook 4 minutes.

Remove the pot from heat.

Add cooked pasta in the cheese sauce.

Make crumbs from crispbread, using mortar and pestle or food processor.

Transfer pasta with sauce to the baking dish.

Sprinkle dried pepper flakes and breadcrumbs on top.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Bake 15 minutes until bubbly and crispy on top.

Let it cool a little and sprinkle with chives before serving. Enjoy!