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Cheesy Corkscrews with Crunchy Bacon Topping

Wednesday November 18th, 2009

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Cheesy Corkscrew Ingredients:
6 tablespoons butter, plus more for greasing
Kosher salt
1 pound cavatappi (or other tubular pasta)
1/2 cup all-­purpose flour
4 cups whole milk, warmed
1 teaspoon dry mustard powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
Dash hot sauce
Dash Worcestershire sauce
4 cups grated sharp white cheddar cheese
11/4 cups grated Pecorino Romano cheese

Get the rest of the ingredients for this sinfully delicious Neely’s recipe!


Crunchy Bacon Topping Ingredients:
11/2 cups crushed potato chips
1/2 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese
5 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
3 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Directions:
Heat the oven to 375°F. Butter a 3-quart casserole dish.

Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a boil, and cook the pasta until it’s al dente.

Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour, and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Whisk in the warmed milk, and bring to a simmer, whisking constantly (the mixture will thicken as the heat increases).

Stir the dry mustard, salt, black pepper, cayenne, nutmeg, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into the thickened milk. Stir in 3 cups of the cheddar, and the Pecorino Romano, until the cheeses melt.

Add the cooked pasta to the cheese sauce, and toss to combine. Pour the cheese-­apalooza mixture into the prepared casserole dish.

Make the topping: In a medium bowl, combine the potato chips, Pecorino Romano, crumbled bacon, parsley, and the remaining cheddar. Sprinkle the crumb mixture on top of the macaroni and cheese, and bake for 35 minutes. For a crunchier topping, finish under the broiler for 3 minutes, until golden brown and crisp. Remove from the oven, and cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Serves 6 to 8

The Neely’s Recipes:
Thanksgiving Turkey with Lemony Thyme Butter
Cane Syrup–Glazed Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallow Streusel
Pucker-Up Lemon-Limeade
Momma Daisy’s Banana Pudding

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50 Comments

  1. I made Neely’s mac n cheese with the chips on top for Thanksgiving. It disappeared! I don’t even remember getting seconds. My husband brought some of his friends who I never met over. I think they were making plates. I thought that was kind of rude but whatever. I didn’t want leftovers anyways. Luckily I was “tasting” it as I made it. But it was a hit at my Thanksgiving party. Thanks Wendy for bringing the Neely’s on your show. I watch them on Food Network when I get the time.

  2. just made this mac and cheese for Thanksgiving!!!! it looks so good!! cant wait to eat it!!! thanks wendy!!! =D and the neelys!!!

  3. Wendy:

    Remember the day the Neely’s came to your show, well two audience members were wearing some type of undergarment and I cannot for the life of me recall what that was.

    Could you please post the name to your site.

    Thanks a lot. Hope all is well.

  4. Hey Wendy,

    Love your show as always!
    Can’t wait to work the Neely’s Cheesy Corkscrews…I feel a double-up on the work-out commin! How u doinn!?
    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

    God Bless.

    Q

  5. Hiiiii wendy! how u doinn!! lol. First of all I must say me and my hussy love ur show. U are a very funny character and I think u are a realist. Your show is great. God bless u dear and continue doin wat ur doin. LOVE YA, seralyn

  6. Hi Wendy, Love your show! Since I work, i tape it everyday and watch when I get home. Love the hot topics and the one more hot topic and everything in between!! There was a segment on one of your shows where this girl said she was wearing a garment from Ardyss International called the Body Image. You had commented on her small waist. How can I get one? How you doing?

    Thanks, Marcie

  7. hey wendy i love ur show. i requested tickets to ur show and i never got them. I would really love to come see ur show. I work for lexington plastic surgeons and i was hoping i can come see you in person. please get back to me. thanx

  8. Wendy, How you doinnn
    I love your show. I think that you are not only smart, but very funny. You seem to really enjoy what you do. Since watching the show yesterday, and watching the Neelys on TV food network; today I ordered their cookbook. I love to cook and my family and friends enjoy my food. They say and think that I am a great cook, that should open my own resturant. The truth is, that I enjoy eating my own cooking vs going out. There are only a few, and I mean a very few places that I enjoy eating out at. Looking forward in watching you tonight, hey how you doinnnn, smile

  9. Loved all the recipies and will be making all of them at my daughters house in Durham, NC for Thanksgiving. Wow, just amazing! Thanks for sharing!

    Wanda

  10. After watching the show on Nov 18, wednesday night seeing that recipe for the Cheesy Corkscrews with Crunchy Bacon, I MUST MUST MIST buy there book. OMG I am a cheese person by heart and when I saw all that cheesyness going on…my mouth started to water! How Y O U doing? :)

  11. Girlfriend, this is the BEST mac & cheese I’ve seen!! Yummy. I was watching the show and drooling while you guys were preparing the food. I can’t wait to make it. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your show!! Many blessings to you.

  12. I love your show and the nNeely’s: But when are you goig to start your own hai line. People are waiting.

  13. Love your show and the Neely’s; But when are you going to start your own hair line. People are waiting.

  14. Love your show and the Neely’s; but when are you going to start your own hair line. people would love it.

  15. I’m totally making this mac and cheese for my family on thanksgiving. It looked so delicious!! just have one more thing to say..love your show wendy,you’re awesome!!!!

    happy thanksgiving!!love ya..marina

  16. I came on here just to get this mac and cheese recipe! BTW, love u Wendy!

  17. I CAN’T WAIT TO PREPAIR THIS DISH,FOR MY FAMILY. I LOVE TO SEE THE GREAT HUMOR AND CLOSENEST THAT YOU GUY’S, YOU DON’T SEE THAT TO MUSH ANYMORE. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

  18. I watch the Neelys sometime on the food channel but the only thing is it seems like everything they make they put hot spices in. I have never liked my food spicy. Do you think if I just left out the hot spices and hot sauce the food would still come out good? I thought the mac and cheese looked good but when they said hot sauce and cayenne pepper it just turned me off to even trying to make it. I am not by all means putting down their cooking I just wish it didnt have so much heat in it. LOVE your show Wendy keep up the great job

  19. OMG that Mac N Cheese looked sooooo good! I can’t wait to make it myself!!

    Thanks for everything!
    Felicia

  20. me and my wife wach ur show cool show

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