Carbonara Mac And Cheese Soufflé
This Carbonara Mac And Cheese Soufflé the end all of mac and cheese. It's fluffy, puffy, yummy, gooey, cheesy and creamy pasta with crispy pancetta. Need I say more?
Servings: 8
Calories: 486kcal
Ingredients
- 12 ounce pasta such as mini pasta shells or elbow macaroni
- 4 ounces pancetta chopped
- 3 eggs divided
- 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk I used 3.25%
- salt and pepper to taste
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ground
- 1½ cups Gruyere cheese shredded
- 1½ cups white cheddar cheese shredded
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F degrees. Butter or grease a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
- Cook pasta according to package instructions.
- Add the pancetta to a saucepan and cook until it browns. Remove the pancetta from pan and place over paper towels to soak up some of the fat.
- Separate the eggs and whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form. In another bowl whisk the egg yolks and set aside.
- Add the butter to the saucepan and melt. Add the minced garlic and cook until it starts foaming and gets aromatic, about a minute. Sprinkle the flour over the garlic and stir. Whisk in the milk and cook until the sauce thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon.
- Season the sauce with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Add half the gruyere and half the cheddar cheese to the sauce and continue whisking until the cheese melts.
- Temper the egg yolks by adding a ladle of the sauce at a time to the egg yolks and whisking them, add about 3 ladles of sauce altogether. You want to do this to avoid the eggs from scrambling up when you add them to the cheese sauce.
- Stir in the egg yolk mixture back into the cheese sauce. Remove from heat. Fold the egg whites into the cheese sauce. Add the pasta to the sauce and toss gently.
- Start layering the casserole. First, add half of the pasta coated in sauce to the prepared baking dish. Then sprinkle half of the pancetta over the pasta followed by half of the remaining gruyere and half of the remaining cheddar. Now, add the rest of the pasta and then add the remaining pancetta and cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes until golden and puffed. If you want it more golden you can turn the broiler on and broil the souffle for 2 or 3 minutes.
Notes
- Leftovers: Store carbonara mac and cheese in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, but make sure it’s cooled completely before storing it in the fridge.
- Freezing: Store it in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 2 months. You can also store it in a baking dish covered tightly with aluminum foil. Bake, frozen and covered with foil at 350°F for 1 hour.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 486kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 361mg | Potassium: 267mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 719IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 491mg | Iron: 1mg