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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a heavy saucepan melt better over medium heat. | 2. Add flour and cook while whisking steadily for 2 minutes. | 3. Add milk to the flower mixture, whisking steadily. | 4. Continue to whisk until milk comes to a boil. | 5. Add mustard, cayenne, salt and pepper; whisk to combine. | 6. Continue whisking until sauce thickens, about 4 minutes. | 7. Set saucepan aside. | 8. Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until not quite al dente. | 9. Drain well and set aside. | 10. Butter a shallow 3-4 quart baking dish. | 11. In a large mixing bowl stir together cooked pasta, cooked ground beef, sauce, Monterey Jack, cheddar and mozzarella. | 12. Transfer mixture to buttered baking dish. | 13. Smooth top. | 14. Ina small bowl combine parmesan cheese, bread crumbs and cilantro. | 15. Sprinkle evenly over pasta. | 16. Bake pasta for 25-30 minutes at 375° or until top is golden and sauces is starting to bubble. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	6	tablespoons	unsalted	513.0	23.570999999999998	16.029	43.2
purpose flour	1/4	cup		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
milk	1	quart		595.36	46.6528	30.744	31.9152
mustard	1 1/2	1/2	dried	0.4725	0.0817	0.05	0.0073
cayenne	1/8	teaspoon		0.7155	0.1274	0.027000000000000003	0.0389
pasta	1	lb		312.9791	45.3593	6.9853	10.478
beef	8	ounces	cooked ground	265.2	0.0	52.292	6.0973
monterey jack cheese	4	ounces	grated	100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
cheddar cheese	4	ounces	grated	199.5804	12.1449	15.2067	10.0697
mozzarella cheese	4	ounces	shredded	367.4094	30.8669	15.3768	20.2642
parmesan cheese	1/3	cup	grated	98.6667	10.6667	10.6667	1.3333
breadcrumb	1	cup		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
cilantro	2	tablespoons	chopped	0.46	0.0734	0.0426	0.0104
salt pepper				100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.