Macaroni Cheese question again!?!
Answers: What is the traditional way of making this totally scrumptious dish?
Ingredients:
8 ounces of Elbow macaroni
4 tablespoons of butter
4 tablespoons of flour
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard (optional)
1 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/2 teaspoon white pepper
3 cups of milk ( or cream )
1/4 teaspoon of Tabasco (optional - goooood)
2 cups ( 8 ounces ) of good quality sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
Bread crumbs as needed
Dash of Paprika (another option)
Instructions:
Cook macaroni according to package directions; rinse with cold water, drain and set aside
Melt butter in a sauce pan
Add flour mixed with salt, pepper and dry mustard and bland well with a whisk until smooth and bubbly
Gradually stir in milk ( or cream ) and stir until thick and smooth
Add Tabasco to taste and correct salt and pepper if needed
Remove from heat
In a large bowl, mix the macaroni with the cheese and then combine with the sauce
Pour into a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with bread crumbs and papkrika (if desired)
Bake at 350 degrees F until hot and bubbling (about 30 minutes) or until the top is golden brown
Cook the macaroni then add cheese. GOOD GOD, IT's &*&%ING MACARONI AND CHEESE. Next time ask me how to make Musaka.
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Melt a load of cheese on a big bowl of macaroni!! :P
boiled elbow macaroni drain put back in to pot melt one teaspoon butter with 4 ounces of velvetta cheese. it simple and easy.
Basic and tasty. Boil macaroni for 10 minutes - drain.
Make cheese sauce. Make a basic white sauce (butter/marg, milk and flour, whisking all the time so it's smooth) then add some grated cheese to it. Keep some grated cheese for the top. Mix the sauce with the macaroni and put grated cheese on top - bake in the oven until the cheese on top goes goey and eat.
Buy a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (or Kraft Dinner, if Canadian) - To prepare the dish, one boils the pasta, and then adds milk, butter and the cheese powder.
Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese
1 (8 ounce) package macaroni
4 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
fresh ground black pepper, to taste
2 cups good quality shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup buttered breadcrumbs
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cook and drain macaroni according to package directions; set aside.
In a large saucepan melt butter.
Add flour mixed with salt and pepper, using a whisk to stir until well blended.
Pour milk and cream in gradually; stirring constantly.
Bring to boiling point and boil 2 minutes (stirring constantly).
Reduce heat and cook (stirring constantly) 10 minutes.
Add shredded cheddar little by little and simmer an additional 5 minutes, or until cheese melts.
Turn off flame.
Add macaroni to the saucepan and toss to coat with the cheese sauce.
Transfer macaroni to a buttered baking dish.
Sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
Bake 20 minutes until the top is golden brown.
(You can also freeze this recipe in zip-lock bags for later use - once you have mixed the macaroni along with the cheese sauce allow to cool to room temperature before adding to your freezer - I generally pull it out the night before and allow macaroni and cheese to reach room temperature; I then add the macaroni and cheese to a buttered baking dish, sprinkle with bread crumbs and then bake for 20 to 30 minutes, until golden brown on top and bubbling.
175g(6oz) shortcut macaroni
40g(1+half oz) English butter
60ml(4 level tbsp) flour
568ml(1 pint) milk
salt and freshly ground pepper
pinch of nutmeg, or 2.5ml(half a level tsp) prepared mustard
175g(6oz) mature English Cheddar cheese, grated. It has to be mature
30ml(2tbsp) fresh breadcrumbs
1. Cook the macaroni in a saucepan of fast boiling salted water for 10 minutes and drain well.
2. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a pan, stir in the flour and cook gently for i minute.
Remove pan from the heat and gradually stir in the milk. Bring to the boil and continue to cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens,then remove from the heat and add seasonings ,100g (4oz) cheese and the macaroni.
3. Pour into as ovenproof dish and sprinkle with the remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
4. Place on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 200C (400F) mark 6 for about 20 minutes, until golden and bubbling, or brown under a very hot grill.
Serves 4