simple macaroni and cheese.
You can have simple macaroni and cheese using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of simple macaroni and cheese
- Prepare of macaroni and cheese.
- You need 1/2 lb of elbow macaroni.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of yellow onion finely diced.
- You need 1 of bay leaf.
- You need 3 tbsp of flour.
- It's 3 tbsp of butter.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of powdered mustard.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of paprika.
- Prepare 3 cup of milk.
- Prepare 1 large of egg.
- It's 12 oz of sharp cheddar, shredded.
- Prepare 1 tsp of kosher salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of black pepper.
- Prepare of topping (optional).
- Prepare 3 tbsp of panko bread crumbs.
- It's 3 tbsp of butter.
simple macaroni and cheese step by step
- preheat oven to 350°F..
- in a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente..
- while the pasta is cooking, in a seperate pot, melt the butter. sweat onions with bay leaf..
- whisk in the flour, paprika and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. make sure its free of lumps. stir in the milk..
- while still stirring consistently, simmer for ten minutes then remove the bay leaf.
- whisk the egg in a seperate bowl and slowly pour the egg into the milk mixture. (this process is called tempering.)do not stop stirring. make sure your eggs dont scramble. stir in 3/4 of the cheddar cheese. season with salt and pepper. fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. top with remaining cheese..
- melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. bake for 30 minutes. remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving..
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