Gruyere Cheese Bacon and Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe (2024)

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2016-01-25T09:17:50-06:00By Lori|Recipes|12 Comments

Every so often I pull myself away from Facebook and start hunting around on Pinterest. Soon I am drawn in to the amazing recipes, crafts, ideas and hacks that I know I should mimic, but never do. A while ago though, I saved a pin that kept entering my mind as a recipe I should try. It has things I love: cheese, sausage, more cheese and cheese. In fact, it only lacked on real ingredient to make it my perfect comfort food was bacon. I mean… come on… bacon!

So the other day I looked up the pin and decided that during this cold snap the nation is having, I would attempt to whip up this amazing looking recipe that Vikalinkawhipped up.Seriously guys, follow her on Pinterest too. She has some amazing ideas!

Anyway, back to my attempt at this recipe that was surprisingly easy to make. I bought everything including thick sliced bacon and got to work in my kitchen. I also substituted the Polish smoked kielbasa for smoked sausage. I just like the flavor better.Prep time was about 20 minutes and cooking time was 30 minutes. I LOVED it and even my kids tried it and decided it was pretty darned good. So, because I copied her recipe successfully, and added my own little flair with the bacon, I thought I would pass it on to you guys so you can sit in front of Netflix and binge watch with the ultimate comfort food!


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Gruyere, Bacon and Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe

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I had to copy this recipe from Vikalinka.com when I saw it. But I added my own twist to make it more in tuned with my taste buds too!

Author: ADayinMotherhood.com - Lori Pace (a twist on a recipe by Julia Frey of Vikalinka)

Recipe type: dinner

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp-butter
  • 1 heaped tbsp-flour
  • 1½ cups-milk, 2% or whole
  • 1 cup vintage cheddar, grated
  • 1 cup Gruyere, grated
  • 1 lbs-short pasta
  • 1 cup Polish smoked kielbasa, sliced
  • 6 slices thick slab bacon

Instructions

  1. In a skillet, brown the sausage. Set aside. In a pot, add pasta to salted, boiling water. Reminder: You will be saving ¼ cup of this starchy water at the end. You will not cook the pasta competely. Pull it off at least 4 minutes before the package says to be done. While the pasta is cooking, add the butter to a medium heat pot. When melted, add the flour and stir with a whisk for 5 minutes to retain smoothness. Pull pot from heat and add all but ¼ cup of the combined cheeses. Whisk gently to blend. It should melt completely. Add pasta and water back to the original pot that you drained it from. Add the cheese and mix well. It will be a bit soupy. Add sausage and the cooked bacon and blend again. Pour entire mixture into a greased or sprayed casserole dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese. Bake at 375 for 30 minutes. Cheese should be brown and bubbly!

Now,Julia Frey of Vikalinka’sis one of my favorites to look at for recipes. This is truly a cheesy, delicious, smokey mac and cheese recipe that I can see myself making over and over again! You can change it up by adding your own meat or even changing out the cheese’s for different flavors!

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I have to say, though, that the bacon really brought out the smoky flavor of the Gruyere cheese and tied the whole dish together in delicious flavor!

Would your family love this dish? How would you change it up for your family?


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Lori is a single work from home mom of three daughters, ages 11, 10 and 8. She has been the author of ADayinMotherhood.com for over 8 years and blogs because it is cheaper than therapy. She wants to connect with her readers through honest and engaging posts! Contact me for authentic posts, creative ideas and beautiful but real photos!

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12 Comments

  1. Gruyere Cheese Bacon and Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe (14)

    Nicole BJanuary 25, 2016 at 10:29 am - Reply

    Yum! I love the addition of the Gruyere cheese, it’s one of my favorites.

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      LoriJanuary 25, 2016 at 12:51 pm - Reply

      Thanks!!

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    Ellen ChristianJanuary 25, 2016 at 10:36 am - Reply

    Oh my word. This looks unbelievably amazing. Mac and cheese is one of my major weaknesses!

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      LoriJanuary 25, 2016 at 12:51 pm - Reply

      It was awesome!!! :)

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    EmilieJanuary 26, 2016 at 9:37 am - Reply

    I bet my kids would love this, although I’ll admit I don’t think they’ve ever had gruyere cheese. I might have to replace it with another kind. This looks amazing, thanks!

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      LoriJanuary 26, 2016 at 8:22 pm - Reply

      The Gruyere is so awesome – I let my kids try it first and they loved it!

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    Dawn LopezJanuary 26, 2016 at 7:59 pm - Reply

    Oh my goodness, this is serious comfort food! I’m betting my family would totally devour a pan of this! I love that you added bacon to the mac & cheese. Anything is better with some bacon. ;)

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      LoriJanuary 26, 2016 at 8:22 pm - Reply

      LOL- agreed and my girls and I ate it all up!

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    Michele BrosiusJanuary 26, 2016 at 8:48 pm - Reply

    I would have been good with just gruyere mac and cheese, but add bacon and sausage, oh my word! I am in LOVE! Cannot wait to try this recipe.

    • Gruyere Cheese Bacon and Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe (23)

      LoriJanuary 27, 2016 at 8:14 am - Reply

      It is pretty awesome!!! LOL :)

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    BrianAugust 29, 2016 at 8:39 pm - Reply

    When do you add the milk?

    • Gruyere Cheese Bacon and Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe (25)

      LoriAugust 30, 2016 at 6:11 am - Reply

      THANK YOU!! I left that line out, didn’t I? Right after you make the roux – add the milk slowly before the cheese :)

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