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Recipe : **** Baked Macaroni And Cheese

Baked Macaroni And Cheese
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    25 min
  • Ready in
    45 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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Macaroni baked with a cheese sauce seems to be comfort food throughout Europe. Babinski presents two versions in Gastronomie Pratique. One version is sans cream and the other, presented below, contains a small amount. In fact, the cream sauce used in this recipe is much thicker than those common today. By the time the completed dish finishes baking, most of the liquid is gone and the macaroni is coated with an intermittent layer of melted cheese and baked cream. The recipe calls for cooking the macaroni in salted water along with an onion and a clove. Any flavor this imparts to the macaroni seems to be elusive.
 

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Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 love, wrapped in a piece of muslin
  • ½ small onions
  • pinch ground nutmeg
  • 20 g coarse salt
  • 150 g macaroni, or other tube-shaped, dried pasta
  • 10 g all-purpose flour
  • 30 g gruyere cheese, grated
  • 30 g parmesano-regianno cheese, grated
  • 130 ml heavy cream

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Push the clove into the root end of the onion. Place onion and salt in a large saucepan along with sufficient water for cooking the macaroni. Bring to a boil. Add macaroni, reduce heat to simmer, and cook until tender.
  • 2
    Melt half the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the flour and cook for a couple of minutes without allowing the flour to color. Whisk in the cream. Continue to whisk until the sauce is smooth and thick. Mix in the nutmeg. Set aside and keep warm.
  • 3
    Preheat broiler.
  • 4
    Brush a gratin dish with a half tablespoon of butter. Drain the macaroni, discarding the aromatics, and return the drained macaroni to the same saucepan. Add the sauce along with the Gruyère and half the Parmesan to the macaroni and mix well. Place the macaroni mixture in the gratin dish and level the top. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top. Dot the top with the remaining butter.
  • 5
    Bake the macaroni under the broiler until the top is partially browned, about 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Ready !