Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, simple macaroni and cheese. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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For a simple macaroni and cheese recipe as the title suggests, this recipe was fabulous! I'm throwing out my box macaroni! My son loved this recipe as well.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have simple macaroni and cheese using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make simple macaroni and cheese:
- Get macaroni and cheese
- Get 1/2 lb elbow macaroni
- Prepare 1/2 cup yellow onion finely diced
- Get 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 3 tbsp flour
- Take 3 tbsp butter
- Get 1 tbsp powdered mustard
- Take 1/2 tsp paprika
- Prepare 3 cup milk
- Make ready 1 large egg
- Make ready 12 oz sharp cheddar, shredded
- Get 1 tsp kosher salt
- Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
- Prepare topping (optional)
- Make ready 3 tbsp panko bread crumbs
- Get 3 tbsp butter
This recipe makes a lot, I like to make two pans so I can take one to a pot luck and have the other one to keep in the fridge for later. This easy homemade macaroni and cheese recipe is ready in no time! This recipe is creamy, delicious, and takes only minutes to make! If you love macaroni, you should also try our Baked Macaroni & Cheese and Chili Macaroni recipes.
Instructions to make simple macaroni and cheese:
- preheat oven to 350°F.
- in a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.
- while the pasta is cooking, in a seperate pot, melt the butter. sweat onions with bay leaf.
- whisk in the flour, paprika and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. make sure its free of lumps. stir in the milk.
- while still stirring consistently, simmer for ten minutes then remove the bay leaf
- whisk the egg in a seperate bowl and slowly pour the egg into the milk mixture. (this process is called tempering.)do not stop stirring. make sure your eggs dont scramble. stir in 3/4 of the cheddar cheese. season with salt and pepper. fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. top with remaining cheese.
- melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. bake for 30 minutes. remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.
If my kids had to choose a favorite food, it would definitely be macaroni and cheese! This easy mac and cheese recipe is creamy, rich and delicious, however it's also simple to make. Don't get me wrong, I am not above macaroni out of a box (the first thing I learned to cook). Also not above making mac and cheese out of the freezer (Trader Joe's Reduced Guilt, I'm looking at you my friend).. Find easy-to-make, crowd-pleasing macaroni and cheese recipes from Ree, Trisha, Ina and more of the chefs at Food Network.
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