Baked Mac And Cheese Recipe

Mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort food. Why is it so comforting? Because it is easy to prepare and delicious going down. It has all the necessary ingredients that makes us happy, pasta and cheese. There is nothing that can make us feel better than gobbling up a bowl of freshly prepared mac and cheese on a hectic work night.

This recipe will take the mac and cheese you usually make up a notch and turns it into baked goodness fit for that special night in. We guarantee that your guests (or yourself) will be left wondering how a simple dish like mac and cheese can taste so good.

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Traditional mac and cheese gets an elegant touch

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Course

Dinner

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Servings

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Ingredients

• 250 grams of macaroni
• 3 tbsp of butter
• 3 tbsp of flour
• 1 tbsp of powdered mustard
• 3 cups of milk
• 1/2 cup of diced onion
• 1 Bay Leaf
• 1/2 tsp of paprika
• 1 large egg
• 350 grams of shredded cheese
• 1 tsp of Salt

For topping

• 3 tbsp of butter
• 1 cup of bread crumbs

Course Dinner Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings people MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 250 grams of macaroni 3 tbsp of butter 3 tbsp of flour 1 tbsp of powdered mustard 3 cups of milk 1/2 cup of diced onion 1 Bay Leaf 1/2 tsp of paprika 1 large egg 350 grams of shredded cheese 1 tsp of Salt For topping 3 tbsp of butter 1 cup of bread crumbs

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Instructions

For the topping

1. Melt the butter in a pan and add the bread crumbs

For the macaroni

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C
2. In a large pot, cook the pasta in salted water
3. In a separate pan, melt the butter and whisk in the flour and mustard
4. Slowly add the milk and keep whisking
5. Add onion, bayleaf and paprika
6. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes
7. Add the beaten egg
8. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese and season with salt and pepper
9. Remove from heat and pour the macaroni into a casserole
10. Top it with the remaining cheese
11. Add the bread crumb mixture on top
12. Bake for 30 minutes
13. Remove from the oven and serve