Recipe: Tasty baked Mac & cheese
baked Mac & cheese. This is the classic baked Mac and Cheese of my childhood. You can add sun-dried tomatoes if you wish, or sometimes I substitute minced garlic for the salt and pepper to give it added zing! It can make Saturday Night more fun!
Baked mac is something I make at home once or twice a week. I toss pasta and meat sauce together, top the mixture with grated cheese, throw it all in the oven for a few minutes and call it a day. However, to turn this dinner staple into a party-worthy dish, a simple mornay sauce sure does make a whole lot of difference. You can cook baked Mac & cheese using 0 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of baked Mac & cheese
In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente. While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and. Baked Macaroni is a pasta dish that makes use of elbow macaroni as the primary ingredient.
baked Mac & cheese step by step
- In a large pot boil water.
- Put a glass dish in that pot of boiling water & add the cream and four cheeses stirring occasionally.
- in a blender add one cup of bread crumbs , parsely leaves and some lemon zest - blend till parsely and bread crumbs are fully blended.
- In a separate pot boil the box of noodles till soft.
- When cheese is fully melted add onion powder, garlic powder and pepper.
- when noodles are finished drain and add to a baking dish.
- add the cheese sauce to the dish and mix (noodles should be creamy).
- add the bread crumbs to the top of the dish.
- set oven to broil and add the dish.
- when bread crumbs are golden remove and serve.
At first look, this could be mistaken as the famous Macaroni and Cheese but there is more to this dish than just having pasta and cheese. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened. In a microwave, melt remaining butter; toss with bread crumbs. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook macaroni according to package instructions until just al dente. Pour half of the mac and cheese into the prepared baking dish.