{"id":16118,"date":"2014-10-23T15:19:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T22:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=16118"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T22:27:52","slug":"no-boil-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=16118","title":{"rendered":"No Boil Mac &#038; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/orecchiette.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-16126\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/orecchiette.png\" alt=\"orecchiette\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>C. (1 stick) unsalted butter, divided<br \/>\n1\/4 C. all-purpose flour<br \/>\n3 C. whole milk<br \/>\n1 T. kosher salt plus more<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper plus more<br \/>\n1 pound elbow macaroni (or other small pasta like orecchiette)<br \/>\n2 C. shredded cheddar, divided<br \/>\n2 garlic cloves, chopped<br \/>\n1 C. panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)<br \/>\n2 T. chopped flat-leaf parsley<\/p>\n<p>Preheat oven to 400\u00c2\u00b0. Melt 1\/4 C. of the butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and cook, whisking constantly, for 1 minute. Whisk in milk and 3 C. water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook, whisking often, until a very thin, glossy sauce forms, about 10 minutes. Stir in 1 T. salt and 1\/2 tsp. pepper. Remove sauce from heat.<\/p>\n<p>Toss pasta and 1 1\/2 C. cheese in a 13 x 9 x 2-inch or other shallow 3-quart baking dish. Pour sauce over (pasta should be submerged; do not stir) and cover with foil. Bake until pasta is almost tender, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, melt remaining 1\/4 C. butter in a large skillet over medium heat (at this point, I saut\u00c3\u00a9ed about 1\/4 C. chopped pancetta for a few minutes before adding the remaining ingredients). Add garlic, panko, and parsley and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper. Remove foil from dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1\/2 C. cheese, then panko mixture. Bake until pasta is tender, edges are bubbling, and top is golden brown, about 10 minutes longer. Let sit 10 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/2 C. (1 stick) unsalted butter, divided 1\/4 C. all-purpose flour 3 C. whole milk 1 T. kosher salt plus more 1\/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper plus more 1 pound elbow macaroni (or other small pasta like orecchiette) 2 C. shredded cheddar, divided 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 C. panko (Japanese breadcrumbs) 2 T. chopped flat-leaf parsley Preheat oven to 400\u00c2\u00b0. Melt 1\/4 C. of the butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and cook, whisking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/?p=16118\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[122,129,88],"class_list":["post-16118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meat-free","category-starches","tag-cheese","tag-dinner","tag-pasta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16118"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16127,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16118\/revisions\/16127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/recipes\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}