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Macaroni and Cheese

Macaroni and Cheese

Posted on November 9, 2009December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰
Macaroni and Cheese

Owing this Mac and Cheese recipe to one of my lovely readers, Ivy, who made this request in my Discussion Board of my Facebook Fan Club months ago, I first apologise for the late posting. And here I am sharing my recipe with you (winking smile)..

This is an express and simple-making dish, excellent as side dish or main course. If I cook this as main course, I will not make it over-cheesy to taste. Milder cheesy flavour will be good as large portion will be taken to fill up the stomach for the evening (smile). However, if you wish to cook some distinctive flavours or more creamy and stronger to taste, try adding in crumbled Rogue Creamery Oregon Blue cheese and whipping cream, instead of Dutch Edam cheese and milk (these are for lighter yet flavoursome cheesy taste).

I cooked this mac and cheese as dinner this evening. Since this was our main dish, I used the later combination instead of the former ones with below details:

My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Macaroni and Cheese -Ingredients
300 gram of macaroni
4 tablespoons of unsalted butter (about 60 gram)
2 tablespoons of plain flour
2 cups of low-fat milk (about 500 ml) (*replace with whipping cream for more creamy taste)
200 gram of grated Cheddar cheese
100 gram of grated Dutch Edam cheese (*replace with crumbled Rogue Creamery Oregon Blue for more creamy flavour)
50 gram of grated Parmesan cheese
Pinch of salt to taste (about ½ teaspoon, adjustable)

A pot of salted water (to blanch macaroni)

Method
1) Heat a pot of water over high heat. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and stir to dissolve. Cook macaroni in the boiling salted water for 10 minutes. Drain well and set aside.

My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Macaroni and Cheese -2) Heat a large saucepan over low fire, melt butter. Stir in flour to form a roux, cook for 1 minute. If the flour added is too much to form roux, omit the 1-minute cooking time, just whisk in milk, in stages (a little at a time). Cook for 5 minutes till thickened and smooth sauce is formed. Whisk the milk solution in the saucepan constantly while cooking.

3) Add in all the cheese, continue to whisk to melt and combine well. By now, the creamy cheese sauce should be in thick and smooth consistency.

4) Return macaroni to the saucepan, and stir with small spatula to mix well with sauce. Sprinkle salt and stir well before heat off. Serve warm (May garnish with some coarsely grounded black pepper before serve).

A portion of my cheesy macaroni counts about 350kcal. Expect more loads of calorie if using whipping cream instead of low-fat milk.

This simple Mac & Cheese recipe can be considered a vegetarian meal, if the vegan is not restricted to milk products in her/ his vegetarian diet.

Extra toppings: Bacon bits, Chopped Italian herbs or Oregano herbs, Chili flakes, or sliced chicken fillet. To take a look on the photo of Mac & Cheese with extra toppings, sign in to my FaceBook fan Club now!

Tips: Both whole milk and skimmed milk (preferably low-fat) are OK to be used in this recipe.
* If do not have unsalted butter, use normal salted butter. Just adjust the adding of salt to suit your taste. Alternatively, use olive oil.
My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Macaroni and Cheese -* Dutch Edam cheese tastes smooth, sweet and nutty. This distinctive and delicious cheese is good to be taken for breakfast or to pair with a glass of Pinot Noir. Remember to peel of its outer layer of red wax coating before use. I got a large wedge of Edam (200 gram) and shredded it at home. The remaining was kept for future use. Edam cheese is available at major supermakets e.g. NTUC Finest, Cold Storage, and etc.

Tags: CheesePastaVegetarian
Category: 1-dish MealRecipeRice & Noodles

5 thoughts on “Macaroni and Cheese”

  1. Haido says:
    November 10, 2009 at 10:35 am

    Hi Patrica

    Its me again haha. Wow the Mac & cheese looks good! Hubby loves pasta with cheese sauce and i am definitely gonna try this out this weekend =)

    Do you watch any cooking shows? I love Rachel Ray and basically any cooking shows on tv haha…

    Looking forward to the weekend already =)

    traci

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  2. PatriCa BB says:
    November 10, 2009 at 11:38 am

    Hey Traci,

    It’s nice hearing from you again! Thanks for liking my recipe. I loved this macaroni too. You may find Edam cheese from NTUC Finest or cold storage..

    I watch all kinds of cooking shows, too, but mainly Chinese cooking. I also attend culinary workshop from time to time.. Will let you guys knows if there is any good classes coming up..

    And I know you and your hubby will love the Mac and Cheese. Do let me know again!

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  3. Anne Leong says:
    November 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Hi Patrica,

    Can you recommend what other ingredients I can add to this dish and can I also put it into the oven to bake it for a while?
    Please advise.

    Thanks & Regards,
    Anne Leong

    Reply
  4. PatriCa BB says:
    November 11, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    Hi Anna,

    You may add diced ham or chicken fillet in bite size pieces, or top with bacon bits and chopped oregano or Italian herbs.

    Yes, after the listed steps in my recipe, simply add one more step by tranfering the macaroni into a baking dish. Then, put it into preheat oven to 175C and bake for 30min. However, you may want to first reduce the cooking time of macaron (in precooking step), instead of boil till thoroughly cooked, simply boil it till still-firm-to-bite texture, using only half the listed time in my recipe.

    Hope this helps. :)

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  5. mamaseah says:
    November 13, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    thanks alot for sharing with me this recipe!! Have been really busy these few weeks thus no time to try but it does look simple enough for a cooking idiot like me!

    thanks thanks!!

    Reply

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