Like family for 11 years. School Tour Guide and You-Pick Greeter.
13.50 oz 1 box of pasta
1 cup cider
1 cup heavy cream
3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp flour
1 apple, peeled, cored and diced (tarta apple is preferred)
1 yellow onion, diced
18 oz shredded cheddar cheese, good aged preferred
Directions
- Prepare Pasta according to box directions. Meanwhile prepare your cheese sauce.
- In a medium Sauce Pan over medium low heat, add butter, diced onion and apple pieces together.
- Saute for approximately 5-10 minutes or until the onion pieces are translucent.
- Sprinkle flour over them, mixing continuously until the flour has coated all of the onion and apple pieces. (It should appear pasty.)
- Slowly pour in cider and cream, whisking constantly.
- Bring the mixture up to a boil.
- Stir in 12 oz. of the shredded cheese. Mix until smooth.
- Pour cheese sauce over the cooked and strained pasta.
- Pour into a medium baking dish.
- Top with remaining cheese. (Top with some bread crumbs for a bit of crunch.)
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until the sides are bubbly.