Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, baked macaroni & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Baked Macaroni & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Baked Macaroni & Cheese is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked macaroni & cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:
- Take 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- Make ready 1 cup cottage cheese (not lowfat)
- Take 2 cup whole milk
- Get 1 tsp dry mustard
- Get pinch cayenne
- Get pinch freshly grated nutmeg
- Get 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- Get 1 lb sharp or extra-sharp grated cheddar cheese
- Prepare 1/2 lb uncooked elbow pasta
Steps to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:
- Heat oven to 375°F and position an oven rack in upper third of oven. Use 1 tablespoon butter to butter a 9-inch round or square baking pan.
- In a blender, purée cottage cheese, milk, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and salt and pepper together. Reserve ¼ cup grated cheese for topping.
- In a large bowl, combine remaining grated cheese, milk mixture and uncooked pasta. Pour into prepared pan, cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes.
- Uncover pan, stir gently, sprinkle with reserved cheese and dot with remaining tablespoon butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes more, until browned. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.
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