Macaroni With Brie And Crab Recipes

MACARONI & BRIE WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Lightly coat baking dish with cooking spray.
• In large skillet, cook onion in butter over medium-low heat about 15 minute or until tender and golden brown.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package; drain and return to pan.
• Add flour, salt and pepper to onion in skillet. Stir. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and bubbly. Gradually add chopped cheese; cook over medium-low heat until cheese melts. Stir into pasta. Fold in crab. Transfer to baking dish. Sprinkle with crumbs.
• Bake 20-25 minute or until heated through and crumbs are golden brown.

MACARONI WITH BRIE AND CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly coat eight 14- to 16-ounce individual baking dishes or a 3-quart shallow baking dish with cooking spray; set aside. In a 4-quart Dutch oven cook macaroni according to package directions; drain. Return cooked macaroni to hot Dutch oven.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet heat butter over medium-low heat until melted. Add onion; cook about 15 minutes or until tender and golden, stirring occasionally. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until slightly thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to medium-low. Gradually add the chopped cheese, stirring until cheese is melted. Stir cheese mixture into cooked macaroni. Fold in crabmeat. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish(es).
• Place bread pieces in a food processor. Cover and process until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle bread crumbs over macaroni mixture. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes for the individual dishes, about 30 minutes for the larger dish, or until mixture is heated through and crumbs are golden. If desired, top macaroni mixture with cheese wedges for the last 5 minutes of baking. If desired, sprinkle with parsley.

SPICY MACARONI AND BRIE WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F.
• Lightly coat eight 14-to 16-ounce individual baking dishes with cooking spray; set aside.
• In large skillet cook onion in butter over medium-low heat about 15 to 20 minutes or until tender and golden brown, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in 4-quart Dutch oven according to package directions and add a whole Scotch Bonnet pepper pierced once or twice; drain and return to pan.
• Add flour, salt, pepper & hot sauce (a couple of drops) to onion in skillet; stir until combined, about 1 minute. Add milk all at once. Cook and stir until slightly thickened and bubbly.
• Gradually add chopped cheese; cook over medium-low heat until cheese melts. Stir into pasta. Fold in crab. Transfer to baking dishes.
• Place bread pieces in food processor; cover and process to coarse crumbs. Sprinkle crumbs over pasta mixture.
• Bake, uncovered, 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through and crumbs are golden brown. If desired, add a wedge of Brie to each dish the last 5 minutes of baking time.

MACARONI W/ BRIE AND CRABMEAT

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350. Spray a 9 x 13" casserole dish w/ cooking spray. In lg skillet, cook onion in butter over mediume heat until onion is browned and tender. Cook pasta as directed, drain. Add flour, salt and pepper to skillet w/ onions, stir until combined, 1 min. Stir in milk. Cook, stirring until slightly thickened. Gradually add cheese chunks. Cook over medium-low until cheese melts. Stir ingredients into pasta. Fold in crab. Transfer to casserole dish. Sprinkle w/ crumbs. Bake, uncovered 20-25 mins or until golden brown.