Mac & Cheese

Let’s do some Macaroni & Cheese …

Ingredients for Mac & Cheese:

Macaroni – 500 g

Cheddar cheese – 300 g (shredded)

Pizza cheese – 300 g (a mix regular & mozzarella is a must& not just mozzarella) (shredded)

Butter – 100 g

Milk – 6 Cups

Fresh cream – 1 Cup

All-purpose flour (Maid) – 5 Tbsp

Parsley – 3 Tbsp

Bread crumbs – 4 Tbsp

Salt & pepper to taste

Procedure - Mac & Cheese:

Macaroni (elbows) Prep:

Take a deep dish and fill it with water, enough to cover the macaroni and a little higher. Put salt and bring the water to a boil. Then, put in the macaroni and cook it for 5-6 min. They have to slightly under-cooked as we got to bake it later on.  Pour in 1 tbsp of olive oil in the macaroni. Now drain the water completely and set it aside. Keep giving a slight stir in regular intervals so as to make sure they do not stick to each other.

Sauce Prep:

Take a sauce pan and put it on low heat. Put butter into it and let it melt. Once done, put in the flour. Stir continuously to avoid lumps. Once the flour is completely incorporated with butter, pour in the milk. Make sure the flour does not turn brown before you pour in the milk. All the while, let the heat be only on low or medium low. Bring the milk to a simmer and take it off heat.  Now leave aside 3 tbsp of each of the chesses for further use and mix the rest of the entire chesses with the milk. Continuous stirring is required. Now add the macaroni to the cheese mix. Add parsley, salt & pepper. Now pour the mixture into a baking pan and garnish it with cheese (both) & bread crumbs for a nice golden brown crust on top as shown in the picture.

Baking:

While you start mixing the chesses and the macaroni, turn on the bottom coil & set the baking oven to pre-heat at 250°C- 300°C for 10 minutes. Now put in the baking tray let it cook for 15-20 minutes till you see the cheese bubbling. Not turn off the bottom coil & turn on the top one & let it cook for 2-3 minutes till you see a golden brown crust. Turn off the oven and take out the tray & let rest for 2 minutes before serving the delicious soft & creamy Mac & Cheese.