Steps to Prepare Ultimate Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese

Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese.

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, caramelized onion & bacon mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It's simple, it's fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese is something which I've loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:

1. {Prepare of Onions.
2. {Take of Butter.
3. {Take of EVOO.
4. {Make ready of 6 Slices of Bacon.
5. {Prepare of Smoked Gouda.
6. {Take of Gruyere.
7. {Get of Sharp Cheddar.
8. {Make ready of Parmesan/ Ramano/ or pecorino.
9. {Prepare of butter.
10. {Get of Flour.
11. {Prepare of Warm Milk.
12. {Prepare of 14 1/ Penne Pasta (Cooked Al Dente).

Instructions to make Caramelized Onion & Bacon Mac & Cheese:

1. 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..
2. 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..
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. With a wooden spoon, fold in your cooked pasta, then onions, and finally cooked bacon..

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