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Allergy Free Mac n’ Cheese

After a whirlwind weekend in Chicago, I’m back from a super fun time at the Gluten and Allergen-Free Expo, where I met up with many of my favorite colleagues in the world of Allergen-Free and Gluten-Free Cooking. It was fabulous to hang out with the talented Elana Amsterdam of Elana’s Pantry, (come back next week to enter for the giveaway of her brand-spanking-new book Gluten-Free Cupcakes). Also thrilled to meet the lovely Amy Green of Simply Sugar & Gluten-Free, the dynamo, Silvana Nardone, author of Cooking for Isaiah, Alisa Fleming of Go Dairy Free, Kelly Brozyna of The Spunky Coconut, Shirley Braden of GFE, Carol Kicinski of Simply Gluten-Free, the Living Without crew of sweet Alicia Woodward, Beth Hilson, and the sublime Sueson Vess (also of Special Eats), the legendary Carol Fenster of The Savory Palate, Kim Maes of Cook It Allergy Free (the app!), the Welcoming Kitchen ladies, Megan Hart and Kim Lutz, and many many more (if I keep going this will read like a verbose Academy Awards acceptance speech, let the cue music begin!)

This weekend I taught a class in which I demoed my Allergy-Free Red Velvet Cake and my Allergy-Friendly Old-Fashioned Mac n’ Cheese. Many of you who couldn’t be there this past weekend have asked me to post the recipe. I’ve done one better and am posting both the recipe, and the video, so you can follow along if you like. Enjoy!

Allergy-Free Old-Fashioned Mac n’ Cheese

Makes 8 Servings

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1. Preheat oven to 350°F.

2. Boil large pot of water, and cook pasta 10 minutes until al dente, drain, rinse with cool water, drain. Set aside.

3. Meanwhile, warm rice milk in a sauce pan until hot, but not boiling. Set aside.

4. Heat olive oil over medium heat in heavy sauce pan. Add onion, and cook, stirring often, 2 minutes. Add brown rice flour, and cook stirring, 2 minutes more until golden. Don’t burn it.

5. Add the rice milk, a little at a time, whisking continuously to avoid lumps. Whisk vigorously, till smooth. Add bay leaf, big pinch of cayenne, white pepper, and nutmeg. Add salt and Dijon, stir, and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook stirring until thick and creamy 4-5 minutes. Whisk to smooth again if necessary. Add a few grinding of fresh pepper. Add 1 cup of cheese, and stir till melted. Remove from heat.

6. Combine sauce with pasta.

7. Spread ½ cup of the cheese in the bottom of a 11×7-inch rectangular baking dish. Top with 1/3 pasta (about 1 ¾ cups). Top with ½ cup cheese. Repeat until you have three layers of pasta, ending with cheese.

8. Sprinkle bread crumbs over top. Bake 1 hour. If top hasn’t browned up enough, put under broiler 2-3 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

Allergy-Free Old-Fashioned Mac n’ Cheese
© 2010 by Cybele Pascal

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I cannot wait to try this!!! I have been craving macaroni and cheese for weeks now, but couldn’t quite figure out how to do it dairy free. You are a genius!

Thanks for sharing! Now I’m gonna have to find me some Daiya cheese.

Where do you find Daiya cheddar? Our Whole Foods only has the white cheese!

Hi Tressa, hope you enjoy!

cybele

Margie, Daiya should be available at your local whole foods at the deli counter, in bulk, or in the section where they have cheese slices and shreds, along with things like applegate farms and horizon cheese. It should also be in any local health food store, and I’ve even started seeing it in “normal” grocery stores.

all best,
Cybele

Hi Cheryl:

I find it at both the West Hollywood, and the Sherman Oaks Whole foods. These are my local markets, so I’m assuming it must be available at many others too. You can use the white too, (which is called “italian”)but it’s not quite as pretty. Tastes pretty much the same in my opinion though.

cybele

I found the Daiya cheese at my local grocery store (Fred Meyer) in the natural foods/vegetarian section. I didn’t have to look too hard!:) Mac ‘n cheese is on the menu for dinner tonight.

Cybele, it was great to meet you! I’ve heard so much about this mac ‘n cheese of yours, and boy, does it look wonderful.

Thanks so much for the mention, too. Looking forward to reading your cookbook and doing a review/giveaway soon!

Shirley

Margie, so happy you found the Daiya! Hope you enjoyed the mac n’ cheese!

Shirley, great to meet you! Let me know when you do the giveaway so I can share it over here too.

all best,

Cybele

This was delish! Thank you!

Gina, Yay! So happy you liked it!

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