What is a good recipe for macaroni and cheese?

Question

Not Kraft Mac and Cheese, a homemade recipe? I think I feel like making some tonight for dinner. Also, what are the measurements you use?

Answer 1

baked mac and cheese

1 lb elbow macaroni (cooked)
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 cup flour
3 1/2 cups milk
1 lb cheese, cut into cubes (I use Velveeta for creamier mac and cheese)
breadcrumbs

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a pan cook butter, salt, pepper and flour and stir until smooth.
Remove from heat add milk, return to heat and bring to a boil.
Boil 1 minute.
Remove from heat and add cheese, stir until melted.
Pour over elbows, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Answer 2

Macaroni and Cheese

4 C. elbow macaroni, drained (approximately 2 C. uncooked)

2 C. grated cheddar cheese

3 eggs, beaten (see note)

1/2 C. sour cream

4 tbsp. (1/2 stick) butter, cut into pieces

1 t. salt

1 C. milk, or equivalent in evaporated milk

Preheat oven to 350° F. After macaroni has been boiled and drained, add cheddar cheese while macaroni is still hot. Combine remaining ingredients and add to macaroni mixture. Pour into casserole dish and bake for 30 to 45 minutes. Top with additional cheese, if desired.

Note: To keep eggs from curdling, let macaroni cool before adding eggs.

Answer 3

WOW- most of the answers so far REALLY scare me.
Macaroni & Cheese is very simple to create...

I don't know how many folks you are trying to feed, so I'll
try to dig a recipe for four out of my head... Okay. Measuring is
not usually how a chef would play this game but I'll try.

1/2 pound elbows- Cook in salted water until tender. Set aside(cool under cold water)
Grab a quart of HEAVY CREAM. Pour it into a sutiable sauce pan & place on stove top. Set flame or electric burner on MEDIUM. Throw in a couple of shakes of WHITE PEPPER- If you don't have any BLACK PEPPER will do( 1/2 teaspoon) add some salt (1/4 teasoon- less if your not a salt person, more if you are. You can always add more, but you can't take it out!)

Cream should come to a slow boil.(don't let it boil over, cream has a tendency to do that) turn heat down so that cream REDUCES at a steady rate without boiling over STIR occasionally.
Add: 3 SLICES of deli (real) AMERICAN CHEESE
8OZ of White or Yellow CHEDDAR(shredded)
or mix them up if you like!If you're a fan of MONTERY JACK thow a touch of it in, stir, stir, stir.

CREAM should reduce by 1/8 or so...(when there's 1/8 as much in the pot as when you started turn it OFF)
If you're a fan of a slight mustard taste- add a touch- if not- don't.

Give the sauce a taste. add more salt or pepper to taste

Combine the macaroni & the cheese sauce in glass bake ware.
Bake in a standard oven for 20 - 30 min @ 350 Degrees.
Enjoy!
If you can make this then you are well on your way to a dijon sauce for chicken (no cheese add dijon mustard to taste)
or a champagne sauce (no cheese add a cup of champagne and
2 sprigs of finely chopped fresh tarragon. reduce these sauces a little more as they need to be slightly thicker...

Answer 4

The most requested dish at my house, beside my El Charro Chicken is M&C, so tighten up the aprons throw the cat outside give the dogs a bone and lastly... wash your hands.

Lrg. Elbow 2 handfuls per serving (I use 6 hfs for this recipe)
Boiling salted water, wow that was tough
Grate 1/2 lbs. Extra Sharp and Longhorn Chedder
1/2 lb. Mexican Rancharo Cheese, crumbled
When Mac is done, i rinse, the cheese has enough salt
Alternate layers, add 1 cup milk
Bread crumbles? throw them in the trash
Top with, are you ready? Crushed Cheeto's
350 for 45 minutes
Suggestion: put aluminum foil under your baking dish

Answer 5

Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients

(4 servings)

1/2 lb Macaroni
1 c White sauce
1 ts Prepared mustard
1 pn Cayenne pepper
1/2 lb Sharp cheddar ch.shredded
1 Salt to taste
1 Fresh ground pepper to taste
2 oz Munster cheese,thin sliced
1/4 c Fresh ground parmesan ch.
2 tb Breadcrumbs
1 tb Butter,cut in small pieces


Instructions

Cook the macaroni in plenty of salted water until tender,8 to 10 minutes.Drain and cool under cold running water.Prepare the White Sauce,and while still hot,toss all but two tables. of it with the macaroni,mustard,cayenne,Cheddar,salt and pepper.Turn into a large buttered casserole and top with the munster cheese.P Bake in a preheated 375 deg.oven for 15 minutes,or until the top is crusty and brown.Spread the remaining 2 tables. White Sauce over the top.Cover with a layer of parmesan cheese mixed with the breadcrumbs.Dab with the butter.Return to the oven for 10 more minutes.Place under high broiler for 1 minute to brown the top and serve immediately.Makes 4 servings....

Answer 6

I have two

One

Prepare you macaroni. Drain don't rinse. add a small amount of milk add Velveeta like cheese

Personally I like my mac and cheese made with a little sharper cheese so here's the one I use

Prepare macaroni, when done drain and don't rinse.

Make a thin white sauce. 1 cup milk add one or two tablespoon of rue

Mix macaroni and white sauce add grated cheese to taste.

No I don't know how much macaroni I don't measure it but I'd say about two cups, you'll have to play with and make it your own.

Oh a rue equal parts butter and flour cooked together, you could try corn starch, haven't tried it but you just want to thicken the milk a little to keep the cheese from separating.

I don't add salt, the cheese has enought for me.

Good luck

Answer 7

grandma's! here's how:

2 cups small elbow macaroni - boil in salted water until almost done, drain and rinse in cold water.

1 1/2 cups milk
3 Tblsp butter or marg
3 Tblsp flour
1tsp salt
1 Tblsp mustard

melt butter in saucpan, stir in flour. Slowly add milk stirring until smooth. If it gets lumpy, beat it with a wire whisk. Add salt and mustard, bring to a boil while stirring. It will get thick. Add

2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated

turn off the heat, stir until cheese is melted, add to the rinsed noodles, let stand an hour or two (two is better). Sprinkle top with more grated cheese, bake at 350 for 1/2 hour or until bubbly. EAT!

Answer 8

1 (5 ounce) can evaporated milk, plus enough water to make 2 cups
3/4 teaspoon salt
black pepper, to taste
1 dash garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
3/4 lb sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
1/4 lb onion cheese, shredded
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 (16 ounce) lb elbow macaroni, cooked


Mix together milk, water, salt, pepper, garlic powder, mustard, cheeses, and margarine in saucepan.
Heat until cheese is melted and mixture is smooth, stirring constantly.
Place cooked macaroni in crockpot, and pour cheese mixture over top.
Cook for 6 hours on low heat.

Answer 9

My mac and cheese is a little heavy on the belly, so there is no need for anything with it. I first had it at a catered event in Washington DC and came home and perfected it.

I use cheese tortellini, not macaroni
I use white cheddar cheese and cream cheese with whole milk and no butter.

I cook my tortellini separate and make my cheese sauce separate and then combine the two together before browning under the broiler.

The measurements would depend on how much tortellini you use and how many people you are cooking it for.

2 pounds of tortellini should fill a 9x9 baking pan nicely.
in that case I would use 1 pound of cheese to one pound cream cheese. enough milk to cream it together. Once you combine the pasta and cheese sauce and toss, pour it into a baking pan that has been greased with butter and put it under the broiler until it starts to get a golden tone to the top, not crispy.

Answer 10

1 lb of macaroni 1 lb of sharp cheddar cheese half stick of margarine or butter 1 1/2 cups milk salt and pepper 1/4 cup flour. Bread crumbs. cook macaroni as usual. drain set aside. in a large sauce pan mix together the butter milk flour salt and pepper until well mixed add grated sharp cheese. heat on medium heat until cheese is melted and mixture is smooth. in a baking dish or pan mix macaroni and cheese mixture. take bread crumbs and put in a small bowl. melt 1/4 cup of margarine or butter and mix into bread crumbs. mix throughly until you have a nice crumblely mixture. spoon on top of mac and cheese mixture bake in 350 oven for 25 to 30 minutes let set. Serve this is from southern lady and it is the best mac and cheese ive ever had.