Mac’n’cheese is a great choice for a hearty breakfast or nutritious lunch, which consists of cooked macaroni pasta and cheese combined with bechamel sauce. You can also just grate the cheese and add it to the macaroni, to get its simplified version.
To prepare this dish, you can take different types of cheese, but the most common are cheddar and Monterey Jack. You may also use other ingredients for your macaroni cheese, like meat, vegetables or even breadcrumbs.
The term “macaroni” is often used synonymously with elbow-shaped macaroni made with durum wheat, as it is the variety most often used in macaroni and cheese recipes. If you cook a sauce based on milk and cheese, mix with pasta and bake under bread crumbs, you will get a favorite dish of children and their parents, perhaps in all states. The dish is incredibly high-calorie since in its original interpretation 14 oz or 400 g of cheese should be used for one baking dish, however, this food is easy to prepare and awesomely tasty.
5 Simple Recipes for Macaroni and Cheese
We suggest you familiarize yourself with simple recipes for macaroni and cheese, the most popular of which is classic.
Classic Mac’n’Cheese Recipe
To start, grind the bread in a blender into coarse crumbs along with 40 g of butter. Cook 14 oz (400 g) of pasta. Once it is al dente, drain the water through a colander and transfer pasta to a bowl. Melt the remaining butter in a large saucepan, add flour, mustard, 1 tsp. salt and cayenne pepper. Spacer for about 1 minute.
Pour 33.8 us fl oz or 1L milk gradually, stirring well with a whisk in a smooth sauce. Bring to a boil. To avoid lumps, it is recommended to pour milk in small portions and mix well each time. Continue the cooking process over low heat, stirring until the mass thickens. Grate 14 oz of cheese. Remove the sauce from the heat, add cheese and stir until smooth. The sauce should be thick and viscous.
Add the pasta to the sauce, stir and warm. Preheat the oven in top grill mode (392 °F or 200 °C). Put the pasta in a baking dish, sprinkle with the prepared bread crumbs. Bake until baked crumbs, 3-5 minutes. Serve immediately, spread out on plates.
Mac and Cheese with Mozzarella and Parmesan
Among simple recipes for macaroni and cheese, there are many interpretations and options. For the next dish, you can take the Italian most popular cheeses: mozzarella and parmesan.
Boil the pasta and lightly salt them. Grate 6 oz (170 g) of mozzarella cheese on a medium grater. Now grate 2.5 oz or 70 g of parmesan. Add the flour in 3.5 us fl oz of milk and mix thoroughly to avoid lumps. Then add another 7 ounces of milk, mix. Put the sauce on the stove, stir it gently and bring it to a thickening. Next, remove from the stove and pour 2 types of cheese, mixing with rapid rhythmic movements until the cheese is completely melted. Thanks to cheese, the sauce becomes even thicker.
Pour the prepared sauce into macaroni and mix. The dish can be decorated with cherry tomatoes and arugula.
Macaroni with Cheese, Cream, Mushrooms, and Spinach
For this simple recipe for macaroni and cheese, you will need:
- 8.8 oz or 250 g pasta
- 4-5 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoons of butter
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 18.6 us fl oz (550 ml) of cream
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon of dry seasoning to your taste
- 2 oz (50-60 g) of cheddar
- 12 oz or 340 g of pickled hot pepper
- 4.5 oz (125 g) of spinach
- 3-4 fresh champignons
Instructions
Cook the pasta and drain the water through a colander.
Chop the garlic and brown in butter over medium heat for 1–2 minutes. Mix with flour, cream, salt, pepper and other seasonings.
Wait until the mixture is homogeneous, then add the grated cheese and mix until it begins to melt. Make sure that the pan does not heat up too much.
Add macaroni, chopped peppers, spinach leaves and sliced mushrooms to the pan. After 6 minutes, you may remove it from the stove.
Macaroni with Cheese and Avocado
Dice 2 avocados. Set aside a few slices, mash the rest with 2 teaspoons of lemon juice. Melt 1.8 oz (50 g) of butter in a saucepan. Add 2.1 oz (60 g) of flour and simmer until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes.
Pour into saucepan 17 us fl oz (500 ml) of milk, salt, pepper and mix well. Boil for 4-6 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken. Remove the dish from the stove, add avocado with lemon and grated cheese. Mix it to make the mass homogeneous.
Pour pasta over sauce. Garnish with avocado cubes on top.
Macaroni with Cheese, Beer, and Bacon
The ingredients for this dish are almost always at hand:
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 8.1 us fl oz or 240 ml of beer
- 8.1 us fl oz (240 ml) of milk
- 6.3 oz (180 g) cheddar
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 15.9 oz (450 g) of cooked pasta
- 8 slices of bacon
- 5.3 oz or 150 g of breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onions
Instructions
Heat butter in a frying pan and fry flour in it for about a minute. While stirring constantly, slowly pour in beer and milk. Leave it on the stove for another 3-4 minutes to thicken the mixture.
Add cheese, finely chopped fried bacon, season with salt and pepper.
Put the pasta in the baking dish and pour the sauce over it. Top with a mixture of crackers and olive oil.
Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes at a temperature of 374 °F (190 ° C). Cool for 10 minutes and sprinkle with onion before serving.
