How To Make Macaroni Cheese
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How To Make Macaroni Cheese
- Serves:
- 2
- Preparation Time:
- 25 minutes
- Cooking Time:
- 30 minutes
- Total Time:
- 55 minutes
Step 1: You will need
- 500 g cooked macaroni
- 40 g butter
- 500 ml milk
- 35 g flour
- 100 g grated cheddar and 60g cut into large chunks
- 70 g parmesan grated
- ½ onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- a few thyme sprigs
- pinch cayenne
- pinch nutmeg
- salt and pepper
- 1 baking dish
- 1 wooden spoon
- 2 sauce pans
- 1 whisk
- 1 sieve
- 1 spoon
- 1 bowl
Step 2: Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees centigrade or gas mark 7.
Step 3: Warm the milk
Place a saucepan under a medium heat and add the milk, half an onion, thyme, garlic and allow to warm through and steep for a few minutes.
Step 4: Make the sauce
Place a second saucepan under the same heat and add the butter. And slowly melt it stirring with your wooden spoon to help it along.
When the butter has totally melted add the flour and stir in and then strain the milk into the pan and using your whisk combine it all together. Then season with a pinch of nutmeg, a pinch of cayenne, salt then pepper.
And keep whisking until it begins to thicken. When you have a lovely thick texture take it off the heat.
Step 5: Add the cheese
Add the grated cheddar cheese into the sauce and whisk it in until it has melted. Add the parmesan cheese and whisk it in well.
Step 6: Mix the pasta and cheese sauce
Place the cooked pasta into a large bowl and pour over the cheese sauce and using your spoon combine it all together. Add the cubed cheese and stir in.
Step 7: Transfer the pasta
Spoon the pasta and cheese sauce into a baking dish.
Step 8: Bake
Place the baking dish into the centre of the preheated oven and bake for roughly 20 minutes and when brown and bubbly remove from the oven.
Step 9: Serve
And that's how to you make the perfect Macaroni Cheese the VideoJug way.
Tips & Comments
What a pleasant dish, served it to grandkids with addition of lean ham thinly strips sliced and mixed in. One comment was 'nicer than a major supermarket ready meal'. Not really an accolade but all four said how nice it was! DELICIOUS!
@Thenewcook - no, you shouldn't need to triple the cooking time. It might have to go in for slightly longer (maybe 5-10 minutes) but that's all. The pasta is pre-cooked so it'll just need to warm through.
I guess this a stupid question but I understand in tripling the receipe for 6 people but do I also triple the cooking time?
Thanks for the Recipe! I used it as a starter for fried mac and cheese!
Slowly sieve/strain the flour while whisking it to avoid lumps. Watch your heat so as not to burn the sauce.
Hey I'm new to cooking, when I was making th sauce it was lumpy! How do I avoid that? Do you sieve the flour? Thanks
I bet you It would be yumm as!! The only thing is I accidently used icing sugar instead of flour = P lol God im stupid
This is a good recipe. This tun out reall yummy. Macaroni cheese was not my thing..But this one got me into it. thanx a lot for this...
i'ust made this is really easy to make and nice thanks for the idea ...
ghosh its yummy i just try it nowww....