Simple Way to Prepare Quick Baked Macaroni & Cheese

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked macaroni & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Macaroni & Cheese is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Baked Macaroni & Cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked macaroni & cheese using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:

1. Get 2 tbsp unsalted butter
2. Make ready 1 cup cottage cheese (not lowfat)
3. Take 2 cup whole milk
4. Get 1 tsp dry mustard
5. Get pinch cayenne
6. Take pinch freshly grated nutmeg
7. Take 1/2 tsp salt
8. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
9. Make ready 1 lb sharp or extra-sharp grated cheddar cheese
10. Get 1/2 lb uncooked elbow pasta

Instructions to make Baked Macaroni & Cheese:

1. Heat oven to 375°F and position an oven rack in upper third of oven. Use 1 tablespoon butter to butter a 9-inch round or square baking pan.
2. In a blender, purée cottage cheese, milk, mustard, cayenne, nutmeg and salt and pepper together. Reserve ¼ cup grated cheese for topping.
3. In a large bowl, combine remaining grated cheese, milk mixture and uncooked pasta. Pour into prepared pan, cover tightly with foil and bake 30 minutes.
4. Uncover pan, stir gently, sprinkle with reserved cheese and dot with remaining tablespoon butter. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes more, until browned. Let cool at least 15 minutes before serving.

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