Preparation
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10

Minutes

Total Time
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30

minutes

Serves
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4

Portions

  • Ingredients

  • Preparation

  • 1375g pkg Maple Leaf Top Dogs, Diced
  • 4Orange Bell peppers
  • 250gMacaroni pasta
  • 2Tbsp Butter
  • 2Tbsp All-purpose flour
  • 1Cup Milk
  • 1Cup Cheddar cheese, Shredded.
  • ½Cup Parmesan cheese, Shredded.
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste.
  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook for 10 minutes.
  2. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain.
  3. Melt the butter in a hot pan over medium heat, Add the Diced top dogs and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the top dogs from the pan and set aside.
  4. Whisk in the flour and cook, whisking, until the flour is lightly toasted.
  5. Whisk in the milk and reserved pasta water and cook until slightly thickened.
  6. Add the cheeses and whisk until creamy.
  7. Stir the pasta and cooked top dogs into the cheese sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  8. Meanwhile, rinse peppers, slice off tops, and hollow out insides and remove seeds and white pith.
  9. Using small paring knife, cut out face on each pepper.
  10. Boil water in a pot over medium heat, add peppers and tops and cook for about 5 minutes or until peppers are tender.
  11. Remove peppers from water and place in an ice bath to cool.
  12. Fill each pepper with Top dog Mac n cheese.
  13. Replace pepper tops back on top of each pepper and serve.

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