Baked Mac and Cheese
Baked Mac and Cheese

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac and cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Baked Mac and Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Baked Mac and Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked mac and cheese using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac and Cheese:
  1. Take 60 gr unsalted butter
  2. Prepare 90 gr all purpose flour
  3. Make ready 2 1/2 cups milk, I used skim
  4. Make ready 1/4 tsp kosher salt
  5. Make ready 1/4 tsp paprika powder or pinch
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp black pepper
  7. Prepare 2 1/2 cups finely sfinely shredded mild cheddar cheese, I used mix of yellow & red cheddar cheese
  8. Get 1/3 cup finely shredded mozarella cheese

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. What to serve with Baked Mac and Cheese. Mac and Cheese is worthy of serving as a meal in its own right, served with just a fresh green salad or simple vegetable side. Nothing heavy because Macaroni Cheese is so rich as it is!

Steps to make Baked Mac and Cheese:
  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to aldente level. I recommend cooking the pasta a minute less than the directions. Drain and set aside for a few minutes.
  2. To prepare roux, melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once melted whisk in flour, salt, pepper and paprika powder. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Slowly whisk in milk, stirring continuously until thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and stir in cheese until melted.
  3. Transfer cooked pasta to large dutch oven or pot over low heat. Pour cheese sauce over top, stirring to combine, toss lightly. This is a thick and creamy sauce. Do not mix too thoroughly, it's better left messy. To thin the sauce, add a few tablespoons of milk at a time until at desire consistency. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with mozarella cheese over the top.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 8-10 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Broil for about 5 minutes to brown the top. Makes 6 servings.

As a side dish, it will compliment virtually any non-Asian main dish. From simple Baked Pork Chops to Steak, a Roast Chicken to Crispy Garlic Chicken Thighs, the only. 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. In fact, one of the easiest mistakes when making macaroni and cheese is using the wrong kind of pasta.

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