Baked Mac and Cheese

A simple but very tasty, creamy, and satisfying dish. Macaroni with milk and cheese — "mac and cheese" — is a favorite everyday dish in America. And it's a big favorite in my family too. It's a great choice for a home dinner! But it is very high in calories, so keep that in mind.)

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 24 % 12 g
Fats 31 % 15 g
Carbohydrates 45 % 22 g
272 kcal
GI: 9 / 82 / 9

Cooking method

Cooking time: 35 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    The ingredients you'll need.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Set a pot of water over the heat.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    While the water heats, make the sauce — put the butter in a saucepan.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Once it melts, add the flour and stir vigorously.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Pour in the milk a little at a time, stirring constantly and breaking up any lumps.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Cook the sauce until it thickens, about 5 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Meanwhile, the water has come to a boil — salt it.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Add the pasta, be sure to stir, and cook it for as long as the manufacturer states on the package.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Our sauce has already thickened.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Salt it.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Pepper it.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12

    Add the nutmeg.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13

    Add the paprika, stir, and cook for another 1–2 minutes.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14

    Drain the pasta in a colander.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15

    Turn off the sauce as well.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16

    Grate the cheese and set aside a handful.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17

    Put the rest of the cheese into the sauce and stir.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18

    Add the sauce to the pasta.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19

    Stir. The cheese has melted and stretches pleasantly off the spoon... You can eat it just like this, and believe me, it's very tasty.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20

    But I suggest going a little further.

  21. Step 21:

    Step 21

    Put the pasta in a greased baking dish and level it out.

  22. Step 22:

    Step 22

    Sprinkle with the reserved cheese.

  23. Step 23:

    Step 23

    Bake at 180–200 degrees for 10–15 minutes, until golden.

  24. Step 24:

    Step 24

    Divide among plates.

  25. Step 25:

    Step 25

    Enjoy your meal!

  • Keep in mind that every oven is different. The temperature and baking time may differ from those given in the recipe. To make any baked dish turn out well, take advantage of helpful information on how ovens behave!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Whole cow's milk - 68  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat - 64  kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat - 60  kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat - 47  kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat - 140  kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat - 54  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, fortified - 337  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium, milk - 309  kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, egg - 342  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from 1st-grade flour - 333  kcal/100g
  • Pasta from premium flour - 338  kcal/100g
  • Boiled pasta - 135  kcal/100g
  • Pasta - 338  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavl cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat - 356  kcal/100g
  • Sovietsky cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Stepnoy cheese - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglich cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appenzeller cheese 50% fat - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese 50% fat - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edam cheese 40% fat - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms 50% fat - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese 45% fat - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese 45% fat - 356  kcal/100g
  • Amadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom Blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo Spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Etorki cheese (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fatty yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted premium butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted farmhouse butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Salted farmhouse butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Clarified butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325  kcal/100g
  • Paprika - 289  kcal/100g
  • Table salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Nutmeg - 556  kcal/100g

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