This one is for those who like a good beer with their Mac and Cheese. And as usual, it’s got to have bacon, so we take this over the top by including the standard bacon crust to hold the goodies, topped with another bacon crust to surround the goodness with BACON!
Serves: 16 – 22
Ingredients
- 2 12 oz. bottles/cans of Hazed and Infused Beer from Boulder Beer Company although any good APA will work, but then it wouldn’t be hazed and infused!
- 4 Bacon Crusts – 2 for the bottoms (in pie pans) and 2 for the tops (just flat)
- 1 -1/2 cup of your favorite pasta shells for Mac N Cheese. We like Conchiglie or Shell pasta over the regular elbow pasta but it’s your choice.
- 1/2 cup of shredded Asiago Cheese
- 1/2 cup of shredded Gruyere Cheese
- 1/2 cup of shredded Gouda Cheese
- 1/2 cup of chopped oyster mushrooms
- 1/2 cup of chopped baby peppers
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 teaspoons of ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 cup panko
Directions
- Prepare the pasta as directed by the product.
- In a large pot on medium-high heat, add the olive oil, mushrooms and peppers and saute for about 5 minutes just to get things heated.
- Add one bottle of beer into this and reduce heat to medium to allow the beer to be absorbed into the contents. Continue to cook until the liquid has reduced by at least half and add about half of the panko to the pot and mix thoroughly.
- Once mixed, remove from pot and set aside in a covered container.
- In the large pot over medium heat, add the other beer, along with the remaining panko and cook uncovered until the mixture is reduced in volume by half.
- Add in the three cheeses, salt and black pepper and stir until all the cheese has melted.
- Add back in the mushrooms and peppers, along with the pasta and thoroughly mix.
Final Preparation
- Preheat the oven to 375 F.
- With be Mac N Cheese mixture just above room temperature, mix in the Base Quiche Mix and mix thoroughly and place into the bacon crusts that you’ve already prepared. Or if you want to have this a little chunky, simply fill the quiche pies with the Mac N Cheese mixture and pour the Base Quiche Mix over it.
- Top with the second pair of bacon crusts and if you want a little crunchy touch, add a light dusting of panko on the top.
- Into the oven for 30 – 40 minutes or until the panko starts to brown.