How to Cook Perfect Creamy Greek Mac & cheese

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I like to use a quinoa or chickpea pasta for extra protein and fiber. Creamy Greek Mac & cheese Inspired by the Greek spinach layered pastry spanakopita. Sprinkle panko for the thin layer like on the pastry. You can have Creamy Greek Mac & cheese using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Creamy Greek Mac & cheese

1. Prepare of shallots.
2. Prepare of feta cheese.
3. You need of jack cheese (monterey with jalapeno peppers).
4. You need of parmesan cheese.
5. Prepare of artichoke hearts (chopped).
6. It's of spinach (drained and chopped).
7. Prepare of dried pasta (elbow/cavatoppi).
8. Prepare of panko bread crumbs.
9. You need of bechemel sauce.
10. It's of milk (whole).
11. You need of white flour.
12. Prepare of butter (unsalted).

Of course change accordingly to own taste. Stir in the greek yogurt, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, until smooth and creamy. Fat-free Greek yogurt and low-fat cream cheese gives the sauce a very creamy and flavorful base--without all the fat found in heavy cream--and shredded cheeses add lots of intense flavor. Fresh spinach and salty prosciutto perfectly complement the dish!

Creamy Greek Mac & cheese instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In large pot boil water with kosher salt (2 tsp) and cook pasta to al dente. Drain and rinse when complete with cold water..
3. Using the same large pot with heat off, melt room temperature butter, add flour slowly whisk thoroughly while turning stove low->medium.
4. Small pot on medium, heat up the milk (3-4 minutes do not burn!).
5. Add cup by cup the heated milk to the whisked butter-flour mixture. It will become much thicker just keep whisking and add milk accordingly.
6. Add the minced shallots, the 3 types of cheese, and drained chopped artichoke hearts & spinach. Keep stirring and add pasta..
7. Fold the pasta in and then put in oven safe bowl..
8. (Optional): for gooey thick creamy Mac & cheese leave as is. If textured layer, bake Panko bread crumbs for 5 minutes at 400, cool and sprinkle on top of Mac and cheese. Bake again for 15-20 minutes. Check at the 10 minute interval..

This is my Greek style mac and cheese. I used feta and creamy havarti with dill to make the cheese sauce. I got the havarti with dill in the deli section of my supermarket, and just asked them to cut my a half pound slice so I could shred it. I also added some good pitted kalamata olives, a few capers, a bit of. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.