
Baked Mac & Cheese Recipe

30 min

2-3 People

15 min
Ingredients
For pasta boiling:
Water – as per requirement
Salt – 10 gm
Olive oil – 20 ml
Elbow pasta – 500 gm
For white sauce:
Milk – 300 ml
Butter – 30 gm
Flour – 30 gm
Salt – as per required
For cream sauce :
Olive oil – 10 ml
Chopped onion – 30 gm
Chopped garlic – 15 gm
Salt – 2 gm
Crushed black pepper – 2 gm
Thyme – 2 gm
Cream – 100 ml
Boiled diced carrots – 50 gm
Corn – 50 gm
For finishing:
Grated mozzarella cheese – 75 gm
Basil leaves – 2 nos
Method:
For pasta boiling:
In a non-stick pan boil water and in that add salt, olive oil, elbow pasta and boil it for 8-10 minutes.
For white sauce :
In a non-stick pan heat milk, and pour in bowl
In a same pan heat butter, and add flour and cook the mixture
Now add milk in this mixture and stir it properly. It shouldn't form any lump in sauce.
As sauce becomes thick add salt, and a little bit of butter and keep it aside for 15 minutes.
For cream sauce :
In a saucepan heat olive oil, then add chopped onion, and saute the onion and then add chopped garlic and saute.
Add salt, crushed black pepper, thyme, and continue cooking
Now add cream, and cook for 2-3 minutes, then add boiled diced carrots, corn, and cook for 2- 3 minute.
For finishing:
In a cream sauce pan add grated mozzarella cheese, and cook till the cheese melts.
Now add white sauce and boil it for 1 minute then add boiled pasta and give nice mix
Pour the pasta mixture on the baking tray and sprinkle some more cheese on top.
Bake it for 8-10 minutes at 180 degrees
Place pasta on a plate and garnish with fresh basil.