Macaroni cheese

theamazinggem

i've started putting little bits of smoked fish in mine. is lovely.

annifranakapan

Newbie to the forum here - as way of an initiation I've got Anne-Marie's recipe for Macaroni cheese in the oven. Going to have it with a salad and some crusty bread (greedy people here!).

Thanks for the recipe. I've made macaroni cheese lots of times before but never in this way with milk and eggs - sounds delicious!

Anni

competitionscafe

I just make a cheese sauce with a generous amount of mature cheddar and some mustard (Colmans English is best or a Dijon), mix the cheese sauce with cooked macaroni (or other pasta shape) add some cooked bacon bits, sliced tomatoes or halved cherry tomatoes, mix it all together, put in an ovenproof dish, top with more grated cheddar and maybe tomato slices for decoration then 20 mins or so in oven till golden on top - yummy! Good basic comfort food. If you need a recipe for quantities etc this one is similar but he doesn't use mustard or tomatoes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/macaronicheesewithba_82546.shtml

stressedoutmumof1

I always infuse the milk I'm going to make the sauce with - I use a whole onion, 2 garlic cloves and a bayleaf.

Sammy_Girl

Good Evening All

So macaroni cheese is my all time fave dish and I can make it from scratch to perfection! Tomorrow we're having lunch at work whereby everyone brings in a dish they've made and we end up with quite an assortment of nothing that goes together! But it is fun! I chickened out last year and bought some ready made food, so this year I want to make an effort to bring something homemade.

Now, my question is, how best to store my mac cheese overnight? We have a microwave at work so I can heat it up no probs, but I'll need to prepare it tonight. But how can I prepare and store it so that it tastes just as nice as freshly made, rather than being rubbery and chewy!

Any advice much appreciated

SunnyGirl

Maybe try to slightly undercook the pasta as it will keep cooking with the heat of the sauce anyway? Then I'd refridgerate it asap after cooking and reheat only until it's hot enough that it's safe & eatable so you aren't in effect re-cooking it.
Good luck & enjoy the party!!

Sammy_Girl

Thanks Sunnygirl

What I usually do is cook the pasta, then make the cheese sauce, add tomatoes and breadcrumbs and put it in the oven for about 15 min. Should I do all this and then refrigerate? Or should I not bother with the oven? Also, is it enough to put it in a dish with clingfilm as I don't have any tupperware tubs

Sorry for the complete idiot questions lol

afterglow_2

make it with lots of extra sauce so it doesnt dry out or go rubbery, and maybe make jug of spare to pour on when reheated!

Sammy_Girl

Oooh, I didn't think of making an extra jug That's great.

So I'll do extra sauce to add to it, and then extra to pour on after I've reheated it!!

I'm quite happy to eat it rubbery but not sure what my colleagues would make of it lol

Thank so much

Blackpool_Saver

i think if they matter they will appreciate your trouble whatever...... i know i would.....