Breakfast and Brunch Recipes
Breakfast Mac and Cheese
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound pasta (I used cavatelli shaped pasta)
- 1 pound breakfast sausage, removed from casings and crumbled
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, discard seeds and dice
- 1/2 tablespoon garlic salt
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 4 cups whole milk
- 5 cups (about 20 ounces) Wisconsin Colby Jack Cheese, shredded and divided
- 1 cup (about 4 ounces) Wisconsin Pepper Jack Cheese, shredded and divided
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 eggs
- 6 toasted biscuits, crumbled (homemade or from the refrigerated aisle of the grocery store)
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook the sausage until browned. Remove sausage from the pan, drain the fat off and set sausage aside.
- In the same skillet, add the onion, bell peppers and garlic salt and cook over medium-high heat until softened. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Remove onion and pepper mixture from pan and set aside.
- Add butter to the same skillet and stir constantly until melted. Add the flour and stir constantly over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Slowly pour in the milk and whisk continuously until it is smooth and has thickened, about 4-6
minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir in 4 cups of Colby Jack and 1/2 cup of Pepper Jack. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the pasta, cooked sausage, onion/pepper mixture to the cheese mixture and stir until combined. Pour into a large buttered baking dish.
- In a small bowl, whisk eggs. Add in the remaining cheese and crumbled biscuits and stir until combined. Pour this mixture over the pasta in the baking dish.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
- Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from:
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin