Easy pleasy Mac and Cheese
May 31, 2010 in Uncategorized
Hello everybody,
I hope that the weekend was good 
mine was super awesome and super cold but on the plus side at least my baby is feeling stacks better!
This is a delightfully yummy macaroni cheese that actually represents a marriage of Jamie and Nigella. I was looking for a lighter (and easier) version of the traditional macaroni and cheese recipe. A quick search on both my favourite foodie websites led to a bit of adding and subtracting and eventually led to my own version so here goes:
Macaroni Cheese:
Boil a good quality macaroni/ penne in salted water until al dente. Reserve some of the cooking liquid.
Heat some butter in a pan and add a good handful of thyme or basil.
Allow the butter to get frothy and the herbs to get fragrant before adding the pasta.
Add a little of the cooking liquid to the pan and give the pasta a good stir so all the flavours are incorporated.
Open a can of evaporated milk and beat in 4 large eggs.
Grate some nutmeg into the egg mixture and add salt and pepper to taste
At this stage I added some grated mozarella and gouda into the pasta
Tip the pasta into a casserole
Top with some more cheese
Sprinkle herb of your choice
Bake until bubbly and lightly browned on top
slicesofkiwi
sharonsmit said on May 31, 2010
This looks good and cheesy!! I use 2 versions for mac&cheese, the easy one – just mixed with a cheese sauce (cheesy bechamel) or the eggy one ( eggs with milk), which takes to long to make.. hehe
But Im liking this – ideal milk – imagine nice and creamy!!
Zabwan said on May 31, 2010
YUM!
slicesofkiwi said on May 31, 2010
Hey S- I used to use the previous version with the cheese sauce however Ive been left with a floury goo of late so decided to go a bit different. Loved the lightness of this version. x
slicesofkiwi said on May 31, 2010
It was lovely! And I think the nutmeg gives it that hmmm factor