Simple Way to Make Baked Mac and Cheese

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, baked mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Mac and Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Baked Mac and Cheese is something which I have loved my whole life.

Easiest Way to Make Baked Mac and Cheese

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook baked mac and cheese using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac and Cheese:

1. Take 60 gr unsalted butter
2. Take 90 gr all purpose flour
3. Make ready 2 1/2 cups milk, I used skim
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp kosher salt
5. Make ready 1/4 tsp paprika powder or pinch
6. Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
7. Get 2 1/2 cups finely sfinely shredded mild cheddar cheese, I used mix of yellow & red cheddar cheese
8. Prepare 1/3 cup finely shredded mozarella cheese

Instructions

Instructions to make Baked Mac and Cheese:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking dish. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to aldente level. I recommend cooking the pasta a minute less than the directions. Drain and set aside for a few minutes.
2. To prepare roux, melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once melted whisk in flour, salt, pepper and paprika powder. Stir and cook for 2-3 minutes. Slowly whisk in milk, stirring continuously until thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to a simmer and stir in cheese until melted.
3. Transfer cooked pasta to large dutch oven or pot over low heat. Pour cheese sauce over top, stirring to combine, toss lightly. This is a thick and creamy sauce. Do not mix too thoroughly, it's better left messy. To thin the sauce, add a few tablespoons of milk at a time until at desire consistency. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with mozarella cheese over the top.
4. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, about 8-10 minutes, then turn the oven to broil. Broil for about 5 minutes to brown the top. Makes 6 servings.

As simple as that How to Make Baked Mac and Cheese

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