Cheese Recipes
Simple but delicious macaroni and cheese recipes?
I want to make a dinner for me and my boyfriend this next weekend and he loves mac and cheese. Any good recipes?? i want to make a more mature adult version of it. Not just noodles out of a box with cheese. But i dont have a bunch of stuff to work with.
I think baked mac and cheese is automatically better and more adult than anything that's orange, out of a box, and only cooked on top of the stove.
First of all, try something other than elbow macaroni. Will he accept a different shape, like rotini, penne, fiori, or ditalini? Cook whatever pasta you think he'll like until it's al dente, not completely mushy, because you're going to cook it some more in the oven. Drain the cooked pasta, but do not rinse it! That little bit of starch helps thicken the sauce.
You can add chopped cooked broccoli or chopped cooked bacon or ham (or both veg and meat) if you want to make this a full meal casserole. A nice touch is some browned bread crumbs; just melt some butter in a pan and toss in some fresh or dried bread crumbs, mixing them around off the heat until the melted butter is absorbed.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a casserole dish or baking pan (or spray it with cooking spray like Pam).
For the sauce, make a simple white sauce. You'll also want to have some shredded or chopped cheese, at least one cup, more if you like it really cheesy. It doesn't all have to be cheddar! Try a little bit of blue cheese, hot pepper cheese, or cream cheese, maybe a container of Boursin or Alouette, both of which come in a lot of different flavors. Don't forget grated Parmesan cheese as well for sprinkling on the casserole before you put it in the oven!
Now finely chop a small onion, if you're both okay with onion, or use dried minced onion or onion powder. Measure out one cup of milk. Melt two tablespoons of butter or margarine over medium heat in a saucepan, throw in the onion, a little bit of salt, and some ground black pepper. Once the onion is cooked and limp but not brown, add in two tablespoons of regular white flour. Stay with the pot and stir slowly, allowing the flour and melted butter to mix into a paste and allow it to brown slightly. Slowly pour in the milk, continuing to stir until the milk and flour paste start to thicken. Take your pan off the stove and add your assorted cheeses, continuing to stir until they're melted, or just sort of mix them in quickly if you want the flavors to change subtly with each bite.
Mix in the broccoli and bacon or ham, if you're using them, then add the cooked pasta to the cheese sauce, right into the saucepan you cooked it in. Give it a good stir, then pour it all into the prepared baking dish. (If you used a really small pan for the sauce, put some of the pasta in the dish, add a layer of sauce, more pasta, more sauce, etc, ending with a final layer of sauce.) Sprinkle all over the top with Parmesan cheese and the buttered bread crumbs. Pop into the oven and let it bake for about half an hour.
Great served with a nice green salad.
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