Macaroni Cheese

[monty0703]

I'm after a recipe for macaroni cheese that was a family favourite but no-one can remember the recipe. I'm sure the sauce was made on the hob then baked in the oven with breadcrumbs on top. The ingredients consisted of cheese, milk, cornfour and evaporated milk. Any suggestions welcome.

[mccfluff]

i love the detail this guy goes into....

http://www.cookingfor...aroni-and-Cheese-Bake

[monty0703]

Yup, that's a lot of detail. He uses a whole litre of evaporated milk! I guess I could use 3 parts milk to 1 part evap milk?

[ulysses100]

Try this recipe by Lorraine Pascale from Baking Made Easy. It's delicious.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/..._mac_and_cheese_92848

[monty0703]

Thanks Ulysses. that one seems a bit too rich for me. Also, I'm trying to recreate the taste of our forgotten family recipe so it has to contain the ingredients I mentioned.

[DTCwordfan]

I put the macaroni (or I use tagliatelle or fettucine in) and cook it as per instruction - use a decent one but not necessarily a premium one - but not a cheap one. Then wash it with a little water (prevents sticking), drain and put in a buttered baking dish or casserole dish.

Make a white sauce (come back if you do not know how to do that - but essentially a white roux and slowly add/stir in to the flour/butter mix with a wooden spoon - it will quickly absorb early on in the heat of the pan. Make up enough (fresh) milk to cover the pasta.....at the end of the milk as it starts to get close to boiling and thickens up, I add some doublecream. Then you add grated cheese - cheddar suffices and usually 8 to 12 oz depending on quantities needed. I also like plenty of fresh ground black pepper in my sauce, sometimes some grain mustard as well. A touch of cayenne or chipotle pepper goes down well - and I also have used peppers for a Superbowl party in the USA

Cover with a good layer of breadcrumbs and some extra grated cheese. Some 1/4 or 1/2 tomatoes can be added on top for colour. (By the way for a variation, you can add sauteed leeks and bacon to the base mix). Bake for 20 to 30 mins at 200C - the crumbs may just need a very quick toasting at the end to add a little browning.

[monty0703]

I've made a roux before (didn't know it was called that until today!) so I'm assuming I can just use self-raising or plain flour instead of corn flour?

[jack daniels]

use plain flour for the roux monty0703
I would add some mustard powder or ready made to the sauce too. Cook pasta separately, sauce separately, then combine and do what DTcrosswordfan says.

Anna x

[monty0703]

Thanks for all your answers folks!

[society]

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[xstitcher]

I liked putting in some chopped olives and a bit of hot chili sauce......if you like that kind of thing......hope you make a good one and enjoy it. It's off my list of foods because I'm loosing weight and there are so many no no treats in it.