Macaroni and cheese sauce is a delicious dish. What could be easier and tastier than baked pasta with cheese, agree? I offer a very interesting and original version of a familiar and beloved dish.
Cooking time 30 minutes
Ingredients
Hollow pasta, 10.58 oz ( 300 g)
Cheddar cheese 3.53 oz (100 g)
Hard cheese 7.05 oz (200 g)
Flour 3.53 oz ( 100g)
Milk 1 Cup
Red paprika ground to taste
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Nutmeg to taste
Butter 3 tablespoons
287 kcal per 3.53 oz (100g) of ingredients
Step-by-step recipe. Macaroni with cheese sauce.
Macaroni and cheese are prepared in two ways. The first option: prepare bechamel sauce with the addition of cheese, pour this sauce over the boiled pasta and serve the dish to the table. The second option is macaroni and cheese sauce baked in the oven. I will cook in the oven, we really love this crunchy-browned cheese crust.We will prepare all the products. Macaroni can be taken in any shape and size. It is better to take several varieties of cheese, so that it differs in color and taste. I took the hard Mozzarella and Cheddar.
We cook macaroni and bechamel with cheese at the same time. In a saucepan, boil water, salt it and pour out the pasta. Cook the macaroni according to the instructions on the package, without cooking 2-3 minutes from the specified time. Meanwhile, prepare the cheese sauce. In a saucepan, dissolve the butter and add the flour, mix well with a wooden spoon or whisk the flour with the oil to get a homogeneous dough-like mass. Now slowly pour the milk into the saucepan and actively whisk everything with a whisk, so that the flour is dissolved in the milk. This is what the sauce should look like. Thick and smooth.
Grate the cheeses on a medium grater. Add the cheeses to the saucepan and mix well with a whisk so that the cheese melts. As soon as the mass becomes thick and smooth, immediately remove the sauce from the fire, so that it does not burn: I do not salt the sauce, because the cheeses are very salty, and we have already salted the pasta as well. With boiled pasta, drain the water. Transfer the pasta to the ready sauce. Add all the spices and try the dish. You can already eat macaroni and cheese at this stage. We move on. Spread the macaroni and cheese in the refractory portion of the form. Sprinkle the macaroni with grated cheese on top and send the forms to the oven, preheated to 356F (180 C), for 15-20 minutes. Ready-made macaroni and cheese are served hot, right in the molds. How delicious it is!! Bon Appetit!
