French Onion Mac and Cheese

Name: French Onion Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb medium shells; 3 large onions, thinly sliced; 4 tbsp butter; 1 tsp sugar; 1 cup beef broth; ½ cup dry sherry; 2 cups gruyère, shredded; 1 cup Swiss cheese, shredded; ½ cup parmesan, grated; 1 tbsp fresh thyme; salt to taste

A mac and cheese inspired by French onion soup, with deeply caramelised onions, melted gruyère and a cheesy broiled top.

Total time

65 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

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Ingredients

1 lbmedium shells

3 largeonions, thinly sliced

4 tbspbutter

1 tspsugar

1 cupbeef broth

½ cupdry sherry

2 cupsgruyère, shredded

1 cupSwiss cheese, shredded

½ cupparmesan, grated

1 tbspfresh thyme

saltto taste

Instructions

Caramelise onions in butter with sugar over low heat 35 minutes.

Add sherry and broth; simmer until reduced by half.

Make béchamel separately; stir in gruyère and Swiss. Fold in onion mixture.

Cook pasta; fold into sauce. Transfer to oven-safe dish; top with parmesan.

Broil 4 minutes until deeply golden and bubbly. Garnish with thyme.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1113

Protein

75.4g

Fat

83.7g

Carbs

15.6g

Fiber

1.7g

Sodium

1645mg

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