macaroni & cheese

[kennahijja]

Well, sorry for the noticeable lack of HP content recently, but... does anyone know a good/fast/uncomplicated/cheap/not too bland recipe for macaroni and cheese? The bake/casserole version, I mean ;).

Comments

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

I don't think this is exactly what you want, but - I really like pasta with bechamel sauce and some mushrooms?

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Me too ;). It's just way too complex for my cooking skills (and I should write while somewhere in the oven easy pasta grills along on its merry way, *g*).

[ruxi.livejournal.com]

No waaaaaaaaaaay. All you need to do is boil some pasta, some mushrooms and hmmmm, the bechamel sauce recipe I use is very simple, if you want it?

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Yesplease - not necessarily for my macaroni, but if I should feel overcome by the desire for real lasagne... ;),

[alliekatgal.livejournal.com]

Well, probably not the fastest, but cheap and tasty:

Cook 7 oz. macaroni, drain, put into an ungreased casserole dish (~1.5 quart).

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter over medium heat, add 2 tablespoons of flour and mix until bubbly. Add 2 cups of milk and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Heat to boiling, stirring pretty much constantly. Once it boils, stir for one more minute. Take the pan off the heat, and mix in 6 to 8 ounces of shredded cheese (I use cheddar). Pour over the pasta, mix, bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes.

We put chunks of bread and fresh tomato on ours. :)

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

That sounds good! Um, mixing in the shredded cheese as in trying to melt it, or leave it semi-shredded in the mix? And yay for fresh tomato :).

[jaelle-n-gilla.livejournal.com]

Here's one of my favourite recipe sites:

http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/134891058013444/Makkaroni-und-Kaese.html

Does that help?

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

It sounds good, apart from the onions which are my second most hated vegetable after leek... maybe even the other way round ;).

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Since it's exam time, I've been living off casseroles. This week, I made a macaroni and cheese that turned out quite good - and easy and cheap:

2 cups small elbow macaroni (I use whole wheat)
1 ½ cups grated smoked Gruyère cheese
2 cups 1% or skim milk
3 oz thinly sliced prosciutto, coarsely chopped (could use ham or cooked bacon)
3 tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
Salt and ground pepper to taste

Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400˚F. Butter 11x7 inch glass baking dish. Cook macaroni in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain well.

Whisk ½ cup Gruyère, milk, prosciutto, Parmesan and nutmeg in large bowl to blend. Add macaroni and toss to coat. Season with salt and ground pepper. Transfer to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle remaining 1 cup Gruyère over. Bake until cheese melts and macaroni and cheese sets, about 20 minutes.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Mmh, that sounds great! Not a thing in it I don't like. Thanks muchly - I'll definitely try that.

*c&ps for weekend*

[obfuscate3.livejournal.com]

So this has nothing to do with mac&cheese, but I just thought I'd tell you that the first day of postings happened at http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/ and the history paper fic you beta'd for me is up. Thanks again for betaing!

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

So this has nothing to do with mac&cheese

Well, it is a rather tasty fic ;). And quite popular too (not that I'm surprised, it's great).

[bellonablack.livejournal.com]

RAMEN@@@@@@@@

LOL. No clue, actually. ;-)

-BB

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Ew! ;)