Baked Ziti With Four Cheeses

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 3 cups milk, scalded
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 cups grated gruyere cheese
• 2 cups grated fontina
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 lb ziti pasta or 1 lb penne
• 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 melt butter over moderately-low heat, stir in flour and cook 3 minutes.
• 2 remove from heat and whisk in hot milk.
• 3 return pan to heat, bring to a boil, whisking, for 10 minutes.
• 4 remove from heat and stir in nutmeg, ¾ tsp of salt and ¼ tsp of pepper.
• 5 in a small bowl, combine 1 cup of the gruyere, ½ cup of the fontina and ½ cup of the parmesan; whisk cheese into the sauce, ½ cup at a time, until cheese is melted.
• 6 season to taste.
• 7 preheat oven to 390 degrees f.
• 8 boil ziti until al dente.
• 9 drain well and turn into a buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch pyrex baking dish.
• 10 season with remaining ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper.
• 11 pour sauce over and combine.
• 12 sprinkle remaining ½ cup gruyere, ½ cup parmesan, 1 ½ cups fontina and all of the mozzarella.
• 13 bake for 20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.