Jalapeño Mac-N-Cheese

• 12 ounces pasta (something like orecchiette, radiatore or fusilli to carry the sauce)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 garlic cloves
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 12 ounces pepper jack cheese
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• Italian breadcrumbs to taste

1. Prep your cooking ingredients - mince the garlic, mince the yellow onion, mince the jalapeno & shred the cheese.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Cook & drain the pasta - set aside to cool.
4. Melt butter in medium sauce pan.
5. Saute the minced garlic, onion & jalapeno until tender.
6. Add the flour one tablespoon at a time & stir until mixture begins to clump.
7. Gradually add the milk, stirring occasionally, until smooth & creamy.
8. Gradually add the cheese, stirring occasionally, until melted.
9. Salt and pepper the cheese sauce to taste.
10. Transfer pasta to a buttered casserole dish.
11. Pour cheese sauce over pasta & top with Italian bread crumbs.
12. Bake until the top is brown and bubbly.

pasta, butter, garlic, flour, milk, pepper, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, pepper, italian breadcrumbs

Taken from food52.com/recipes/39487-jalapeno-mac-n-cheese (may not work)