Super Easy Mac And Cheese With Ready Pasta Food

SUPER EASY MACARONI AND CHEESE RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil over medium high heat. Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook until al dente, approximately 8 minutes.
• While the pasta is cooking, melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Sprinkle the flour over the butter and whisk to combine. Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes until golden whisking constantly.
• While whisking, slowly add the milk to the butter/flour mixture. Turn the heat to low. Bring the milk mixture to a simmer and continue cooking, whisking constantly, until slightly thickened, approximately 4-5 minutes. DO NOT BOIL.
• Stir the cheese into the milk mixture and remove from the heat. Continue stirring until the cheese is thoroughly combined. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Drain the pasta, do not rinse. Fold the macaroni into the cheese sauce and stir to combine.Check for seasoning and add salt/pepper, if needed.
• Serve immediately.

SUPER CREAMY AND CHEESY MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni and set aside.
• In a pot, melt the butter and mix in salt and pepper.
• Slowly add in the flour, stirring continuously.
• Gradually add the milk and stir the mixture until smooth.
• Add the cheese on a low heat and melt into the mixture.
• Once the mixture is at your desired consistency, mix in the drained macaroni.

SUPER EASY MAC AND CHEESE WITH READY PASTA

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat the heavy cream until it simmers. Season with salt and pepper.
• Tear Ready Pasta pouch open and add pasta to the skillet; cook for one minute or until the pasta is heated through.
• Remove the skillet from the heat and add the cheese; gently stir until the cheese has melted into the cream.

SIMPLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; stir in flour, salt, and pepper until smooth, about 5 minutes. Slowly pour milk into butter-flour mixture while continuously stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbling, about 5 minutes. Add Cheddar cheese to milk mixture and stir until cheese is melted, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Fold macaroni into cheese sauce until coated.

EASY MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• While pasta cooks, mix remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Spray a 1-1/2 qt. casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Stir pasta into cheese mixture, then spread into casserole dish. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes in preheated oven, or until hot and bubbly. Stir together before serving to evenly distribute the cheese sauce.

SUPER CHEESY BAKED MACARONI & CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Prepare Dinner in large saucepan as directed on package. Stir in milk and mozzarella.
• Spoon into 1-1/2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; sprinkle with cheddar.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

SUPER SIMPLE MACARONI CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220C / 200C Fan / Gas Mark 7.
• Cook the macaroni until it's a bit less done than normal - a couple of minutes less than you would usually do. The brand I use takes 10 minutes normally, so I give it 8 minutes for macaroni cheese.
• While the macaroni is cooking, make the cheese sauce. Melt the butter in a medium sized pan on a low heat. When the butter is foaming, add the flour and stir until it's mixed in. Then keep cooking for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. It takes guts to do this. It looks like something is going to go wrong but it doesn't!
• Very gradually add the milk, stirring constantly. Make sure each bit of milk is incorporated before adding the next bit. If you do this slowly on a very low heat, you should end up with a perfectly smooth cheese sauce with no lumps and no need to whisk. However, if it does go wrong for some reason, you can always use a whisk to beat out the lumps.
• When all the milk is incorporated, add the mustard, salt and pepper. (N.B. I use slightly salted butter, so I don't add any extra salt here.) Then add half the cheese, stir to combine and turn off.
• When the pasta is done, drain it, retaining a little bit of the cooking water.
• Tip the pasta and a couple of tablespoonfuls of the cooking water into the cheese sauce and stir.
• Pour the macaroni cheese into a shallow ovenproof dish and sprinkle over the remaining cheese.
• Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. The top should be brown but the bottom should still be saucy and the macaroni should be perfectly cooked.

SUPER SIMPLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Melt butter in largish, heavy-bottomed saucepan over low-medium heat.
• Add flour, stirring with whisk or spatula until it bubbles; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
• Do NOT let it brown. [If it browns, save it for brown gravy and start again.].
• Remove from heat and mix in mustard, pepper, cayenne, and Worcestershire; blend well, then add milk APPROXIMATELY ONE TABLESPOON AT A TIME until it is soupy or gloppy. This method prevents lumps.
• Return to medium heat and gradually add the rest of the milk, and the salt.
• Stir or whisk constantly until it comes to a boil (a wooden spatula is a handy tool for this); simmer one minute, always stirring.
• Remove from heat and add cheese; stir occasionally until all lumps of cheese disappear.
• This takes 5-10 minutes, but you can return it to very low heat if necessary.
• Note: Removing it from the heat is not absolutely necessary with Velveeta; but with natural cheese, it is best to melt it this way to avoid clumping and stringiness. Natural cheese will blend much better if it melts into the sauce off the heat, something about how the protein reacts to heat.
• Meanwhile, slightly undercook cook elbows in salted water in large pot and drain and return to large pot.
• Add sauce and mix gently with a lifting motion so the pasta isn't smashed.
• Place in buttered or Pammed casserole dish; I like to use an 11x15 so I get lots of surface area for the crust, but if you don't like crusty mac&cheese use a smaller, deeper pan.
• [At this point, or after mixing in large pot, you can refrigerate it for a couple of days if desired. Let it return to room temp or cook longer. You can also freeze, thaw, and spread in pan.] Top with bread crumbs if desired.
• Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until it's bubbling well and top is browned the way you like it. Mmmm.

STOVETOP MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook the macaroni al dente according to package instructions.
• Meanwhile, in another pot, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook it, stirring often, until golden (about 3-5 minutes).
• Slowly whisk in the evaporated milk, then whisk in the seasonings. Cook for a few minutes until the sauce starts to thicken up (this happens quite fast, so be careful not to let it get too thick).
• Take the pot off the heat and stir in the cheeses.
• Stir in the drained macaroni and toss to coat in the cheese sauce. Add pepper to taste (and more salt if needed). It's best enjoyed immediately.