Mac and Cheese is a favourite among Caribbean household. This Baked Mac and Cheese is perfect to add to your Sunday meal. It’s simple, delicious and will have your family running back for seconds.
Baked Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
- 1 pk eve macaroni (300grams)
- 3 tablespoon margarine
- 3 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon mustard oil
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup onion finely chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 egg large
- 11/4 cups cheese
- 1 tsp salt (more or less depending on your taste)
- a dash of cayenne or black pepper
For the topping
- 3 tablespoon margarine
- 1 cup homemade or store bought bread crumbs
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- in a pot, bring to boil some water with a bit of salt and add in macaroni. allow to cook for about 8 minutes
- while pasta is cooking, in a frying pan melt the margarine, whisk in the mustard oil and flour. keep whisking for about 5 minutes. make sure there aren’t any lumps. stir in milk, onion, bay leaf and paprika. simmer for about 10 minutes and remove from heat and remove the bay leaf
- quickly stir in egg. next stir in 3/4 of the amount of cheese. fold in macaroni and season with salt and pepper. pour into baking dish. top with remaining cheese
- in another pan, melt margarine and mix in bread crumbs. top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. place in oven and bake for 30 minutes. remove from oven and rest of 5 minutes (if you can lol) before serving
- do enjoy!
Now that you have tried this Baked Mac and Cheese recipe, here are some similar ones to try.
