Macaroni cheese

Kaz2904

We have always made macaroni cheese in our family by making a white sauce with cornflour. Then chuck in half a triangle of danish blue. Add 1-2 tins of chopped tomatoes. Pour the result over 3/4-1 bag of cooked pasta.
Try not to eat so much that you explode. This is just as nice cold the next day! (Or reheated)

soon2bjobless

I make my macaroni cheese slightly differently.

I cook the macaroni but not quite, drain it and put back into pan on the heat. Then I add 1 oz p flour and 1 oz butter and a small amount of milk and grated cheese - keep stirring like mad and adding milk as needed.

This way the macaroni seems to soak up the sauce more.

Another tip is instead of using a huge amount of cheese to get the taste - instead of adding the flour/butter add a cheap cheese sauce mix and then some cheese - works out a lot cheaper.

aimme13

hi, ok so i know its simple but i cant do it!, ok so ive only tried once but dont like getting things wrong!

Kids love it with a packet sauce the ones where you just add water. Anyway found a recipe in a magazine a thought i would try it.

It has gone a bit wrong! I think i know what ive done but would like to hear other peoples recipes.

This one was milk cornflower grated cheese and dijon mustard, i didnt have dijon so i used French i'm guessing this is where i went wrong???

Oh and I don't eat cheese so all a bit beyond me.......help grately appreciated or its back to the packet sauce!!!

p.s my son wouldnt try it as the sauce was brown and my daughter is yet to taste it!!!

poodlehorse

is it just the colour that is wrong?

aimme13

well i don't know because my son wont try it and i really don't eat cheese so can't taste it! It doesnt smell cheesy though!! the packet one usually stinks lol.....was really pleased how easy it was too and made so much had enough to freeze some

Mutantk

I love the one in Nigella's new book - it uses almost a whole tin of evaporated milk, a huge amount of cheese (250g from memory), an egg and you whisk it up with a little salt and pepper and pour it over cooked macaroni and bake for about 25 minutes. It must have about 2000 calories per serving with all that cheese but it's gorgeous.

blackvelvetshoes

here's a simple one

http://www.thefoody.com/soups/cheesesauce.html

I don't use cayenne nutmeg or mustard in mine though as OH don't like them

I just use a mature cheddar for a better flavour

buxtonrabbitgreen

I make macaroni cheese all the time as it is my veggie son's favourite food. The way I do it I make a roux. Melt about 3oz of butter and add plain flour about 4 tblspns beating hard all the time till it forms a ball. Add a pint of milk a litle at a time on the heat. Keep going till it forms a fairly thick sauce. Then add grated cheese. I use a teaspoon of whole grain mustard. Then add to the cooked pasta. Sprinkle some more grated cheese over the top and brown under the grill. My son also likes the packet mix if I don't feel like making (proper macaroni cheese)

FrenchMaid_2

I make a bechamel (Delia has a good guide on how to do it on her website) and then just chuck grated cheese in - I prefer mature cheddar in ours and add some nutmeg.

I then just fill a dish with cooked pasta, pour the sauce over it and of you go...great way to use up milk and cheese and you can freeze it in ovenproof containers (before baking) and then just bake from frozen will take longer than 25 minutes - more like an hour if from frozen

aimme13

thanks for all your replies, ok managed to get my son to taste it and he said it was delicious!! after all that.......my daughter also said it was nice but not very cheesy.

I often make bachamel sauce for pasta but had never made a sauce with cornflower was amazed at how thick it went.

I think the mustard was fine but the cheese I used was mild white cheddar so i think next time it needs mature, so difficult cooking new stuff that you don't eat
thanks again