Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound elbow  macaroni
• 3 tablespoons  Butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon powdered mustard
• 3 glasses milk
• 1/2 glass yellow onion, finely diced
• 1 cove leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1  egg
• 12 ounces sharp  cheddar  shredded
• 1 teaspoon genuine salt
• Black pepper

TOPPING:

• 3 tablespoons Butter
• 1 cup panko bread scraps

How to make:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a large pot of bubbling, salted water cook the pasta to still somewhat firm.
3. While the pasta is cooking, in a different pot, liquefy the margarine. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for around five minutes. Verify its free of lumps. Mix in the milk onion, cove leaf, and paprika. Stew for ten minutes and uproot the cove leaf.
4. Temper in the egg. Blend in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and put into a 2-quart meal dish. Top with remaining cheese.
5. Melt the margarine in a saute container and throw the bread pieces to cover. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Prepare for 30 minutes. Expel from broiler and rest for five prior minutes serving.
6. Keep in mind to save leftovers for browned Macaroni and Cheese