Monday, December 3, 2012

Macaroni Cheese

WOW - so many easy dishes that we can make at home!
Today it was macaroni cheese.
Boil us the macaroni and make a Roux - it's as simple as that.
While the recipe we used today didn't have any extras we discussed how you could add all sorts of other tasty bits to the dish to make it a bit different.  We decided that ham, bacon or salami would be yummy.


Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Edmonds plain baking flour
2 cups milk
salt n pepper
2 cups grated tasty cheese
2 cups macaroni elbows, cooked

Method

Melt butter in a saucepan.
Stir in flour and cook until frothy.
Gradually add milk, stirring constantly until sauce boils and thickens.
Remove from heat.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Stir in half the cheese.
Add macaroni, stirring to combine.

You can stop at this point and eat, however you can follow the next steps if you want.

Pour mixture into an oven­proof dish.
Sprinkle over the remaining cheese.
Cook at 190°C for 20 minutes or until golden and heated through.
Chopped cooked bacon or ham can be added to the sauce if desired.