Mac & cheese a la Farm

January 2nd, 2009 | Written by jfolkmann | Topic: Main

After visiting Farm, I had to recreate their mac and cheese. Comfort food like this shouldn’t stay a secret. If only I had some of the venison sausage I had with it in the restaurant. I think I’ve got the recipe pretty close, if anyone knows the exact ingredients please let me know.

Update: Oka is a Canadian cheese, named after a small village in Quebec. You can find more information here.

Preparation time

15m

Cooking time

45m

Difficulty

2

Serves

4

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• ½ cup breadcrumbs
• 2 tablespoons parmesan grated
• 2cups milk
• 1 tablespoon grainy mustard
• 250g Oka grated
• 280g old cheddar (3yr or older) grated
• Ground black pepper
• 500g fusilli or macaroni

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400. Boil water and cook pasta. While pasta is cooking, melt butter in a saucepan and add flour to make a roux, then gradually whisk in the milk. Add mustard, oka, cheddar and pepper to taste.

Mix pasta and cheese sauce and pour into oven proof dish. Mix breadcrumbs and parmesan and sprinkle over the pasta mixture, bake in oven for 15 to 20 minutes (less time for a runnier sauce).

There are 8 Comments

1. Comment by trudy on the January 3rd, 2009 at 11:28 am

   
   

   what is oka

2. Comment by jfolkmann on the January 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 am

   
   

   Oka is a Canadian cheese, named after a small village in Quebec.

   You can find more information here.

3. Comment by Hayley on the January 3rd, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   
   

   That picture is making me drool. Macaroni and Cheese is my Mom’s favorite dish, so I think I might have to make this for her. Thanks!

4. Comment by justeatfood on the January 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm

   
   

   That looks wonderful! Thank you for explaining Oka. At first I thought it was okra which would have been an interesting ingredient too However, I like your version MUCH better.

   Best,
   Emily
   http://www.justeatfood.com

5. Comment by Tia on the January 3rd, 2009 at 10:34 pm

   
   

   I love that you used Oka… I’ve never thought to use it in mac and cheese before. How is it when melted??

6. Comment by chiff0nade on the January 4th, 2009 at 10:39 am

   
   

   Wow thats really cold! it doesn’t get that cold in Atlanta (we just got here, but my boyfriend Big Bear said it doesn’t get too cold.

   Loved you post.

   chiff0nade,
   Staff member, SeriousEats

7. Comment by CourtJ on the January 4th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

   
   

   I’ll have to do some looking for Oka around here (although I know a few places likely to have it), and give this a try. I have been on a little quest lately to find my favorite homemade mac and cheese recipe.

8. Comment by CourtJ on the January 22nd, 2009 at 1:19 pm

   
   

   Found Oka at Superstore – they had tons as of a couple of weeks ago. Made the mac and cheese and loved it. I’ll probably post my pics and link to you in the next week or so. Next time I am in Calgary I will have to pop by FARM and compare to the inspiration dish.

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