We always stand for variety, delicious food and interesting combinations. Therefore, we managed to collect at once twenty recipes for macaroni and cheese. Just try it, and the most banal dish will turn into a real culinary masterpiece that will surprise you and your loved ones!
1. American mac and cheese
This is a complete dish that can even be served to guests.
You will need: 400 g pasta, 1 egg, 80 g butter, 50 g flour, 750 ml milk, 2 tsp. mustard powder, 400 g of cheese, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Boil the pasta and set it aside. Melt the butter over medium heat and fry the flour in it for a couple of minutes. Add the milk and mustard powder, stir well, and boil the sauce until it thickens.
Whip part of the sauce with a raw egg and pour back, and add spices and almost all the grated cheese there. Stir the pasta with the sauce, place in a baking dish, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and place in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
2. Pasta with tomatoes and cheese
A quick homemade casserole for a hearty dinner.
You will need: 300 g pasta, 100 g cheese, 1 tomato, 150 g mayonnaise, 1 clove of garlic.
Preparation: Boil the pasta until cooked, put in a mold, sprinkle with spices and lay the slices of tomatoes on top. On tomatoes - pieces of garlic, a layer of mayonnaise and grated cheese. Bake for about 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
3. Pasta with cheese and bread crumbs
This makes the baked cheese crust more ruddy and crisp.
You will need: 130 g pasta, 50 g butter, 3 glasses of milk, 2.5 tbsp. flour, 250 g bread crumbs, 2.5 cups grated cheese, paprika.
Preparation: Melt most of the butter, stir in flour and fry a little. Pour in the milk and boil the mixture for about 7 minutes, and then add the cheese. Continue cooking the sauce until the cheese is melted.
Place the pasta in a baking dish, pour over the sauce and stir. Melt the remaining butter again, mix with breadcrumbs and pour on top. Sprinkle the dish with paprika and bake for about 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
4. Macaroni with cheese and soufflé
Canned pimento peppers are perfect here, but you can replace them with other hot peppers.
You will need: 130 g pasta, 1.5 cups milk, 1.5 cups grated cheese, 3 eggs, 1/4 cup pimento, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1 tbsp. chopped greens, a quarter of an onion, butter, salt.
Preparation: Boil the milk and add the bread crumbs and cheese, and then leave the mixture under the lid to melt and mix. Add boiled pasta, whipped yolk with salt, pimento, grated onion, herbs and a little butter to the sauce.
Beat the whites until a beautiful foam, pour into the pasta and mix everything well again. Transfer the mixture to a baking dish and bake for about half an hour at 180 degrees.
5. Pasta with cheese, mushrooms and arugula
This recipe makes pasta not only hearty, but also very colorful.
You will need: 200 g pasta, 300 g mushrooms, 2 eggs, 1 tomato, 5 tbsp. sour cream, 100 g of cheese, spices, 1 bunch of arugula.
Preparation: Boil the pasta until half cooked and put in a greased form. When they are cold, cover them with beaten eggs with sour cream and spices. Top with fried mushrooms and tomato slices. Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. then put the arugula on the casserole and sprinkle with a little more cheese.
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6. Pasta with cheese, mushrooms, herbs and lemon
Aromatic herbs like cilantro or basil will do.
You will need: 250 g pasta, 250 g mushrooms, 200 g sour cream, 1 bunch of herbs, 120 g cheese, 0.5 lemon, olive oil.
Preparation: Fry the mushrooms in olive oil and add sour cream, lemon juice, zest, half cheese and chopped herbs. Add boiled pasta there, put everything in a mold, sprinkle with the remaining cheese and bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
7. Pasta with cheese and minced meat
The peculiarity of this dish is its expressive cheese and meat sauce.
You will need: 300 g pasta, 500 g minced meat, 300 g tomatoes, 2 tbsp. butter, 2 cups broth, 2 tbsp. flour, 3/4 cup milk, 200 g cheese, spices.
Preparation: Fry the minced meat in a pan, add spices and chopped tomatoes to it and pour in the broth. When everything boils, pour pasta there and cook until tender.
Fry flour in butter, pour in milk, bring to a boil and add grated cheese. When the sauce is ready, pour the pasta over and mix well again.
8. Macaroni with cheese and carrots
Mustard gives the sauce a special piquancy.
You will need: 200 g pasta, 1/4 cup milk, 2 eggs, 120 g cheese, 100 g Parmesan cheese, 2 tbsp. sour cream, 1 tbsp. mustard, spices, 200 g of carrots.
Preparation: Boil the pasta and add chopped carrots towards the end. Put everything in a mold and cover with grated cheese. Combine milk, sour cream, eggs, mustard and spices, add pasta and stir. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan on top and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
9. Pasta with cheese, meat and tomatoes
The perfect macaroni and cheese recipe to feed a large company.
You will need: 500 g pasta, 1 kg pork, 1 onion, 480 ml tomato juice, 1 tbsp. tomato paste, 150 g of cheese, 1 clove of garlic, spices.
Preparation: Chop the meat and fry it until golden. Add chopped onion and garlic, tomato juice, pasta, spices and a dash of water to coat the meat. Carcass the entire mixture until tender.
Put half of the cooked pasta in a baking dish, then the meat and the rest of the pasta. Pour the remaining sauce and add grated cheese. Bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
10. Pasta with cheese and sausages
What could be faster and easier?
You will need: 200 g pasta, 3 sausages, 2 eggs, 100 g cheese, 4 tablespoons. milk.
Preparation: Cut the sausages into slices, fry them for a couple of minutes and add boiled pasta directly to the pan. Beat eggs with milk and top with pasta. Season, cover with grated cheese and continue to fry for about 5 minutes.
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11. Green macaroni with cheese
Another find from Jamie Oliver's recipes.
You will need: 450 g pasta, 1 leek, 3 cloves of garlic, 400 g broccoli, 40 g butter, 1 liter milk, 2 tbsp. flour, 100 spinach, 1 bunch of greens, 200 g of cheese.
Preparation: Thinly chop the leek, chop the broccoli and garlic and simmer everything in butter over low heat for about 15 minutes. Add flour, stir and slowly pour in milk. When the sauce thickens, beat it with a blender with grated cheese and chopped spinach. Pour boiled pasta with them and send everything to the oven for half an hour at 180 degrees.
12. Pasta with goat cheese and wild garlic
This is how the simplest dish can be turned into a delicacy.
You will need: 400 g pasta, 100 g wild garlic, 1 onion, 100 ml dry white wine, 200 g goat cheese, 100 g sour cream, spices.
Preparation: Chop the onion and fry it until transparent, and then add wine and 100 ml of pasta water and boil for a couple of minutes. Add wild garlic there, leaving just one spoonful, and beat everything with a blender with spices. Toss the sauce with the boiled pasta and sprinkle with the remaining wild garlic on top.
13. Pasta with beets and blue cheese
Another exquisite pasta recipe to your piggy bank.
You will need: 200 g pasta, 1 onion, 1 beetroot, 1 clove of garlic, 75 g blue cheese, 150 ml cream, spices.
Preparation: Fry chopped onion until transparent, add cream and blue cheese to it. Add grated boiled beets with garlic there, mix everything well, season and stew for a couple of minutes. Pour the sauce over the pasta and garnish with herbs.
14. Pasta with cheese, tomato sauce and sausage
A sausage like salami or chorizo is best.
You will need: 400 g pasta, 200 g sausage, 100 g cheese, 1 leek, 1 onion, 3 cloves of garlic, 800 g grated tomatoes, 1 pepper, spices.
Preparation: Chop onion, garlic and pepper and sauté until golden brown. Add some water, simmer the sauce for about 20 minutes and beat with a blender.Cut and fry the sausage, add boiled pasta to it and mix everything with the sauce. Put in a mold, cover with grated cheese and bake for about 15 minutes at 200 degrees.
15. Pasta with Adyghe cheese
Bulgarian pepper will fit well here.
You will need: 200 g pasta, 250 g Adyghe cheese, 1 pepper, 1 onion, basil.
Preparation: Fry the coarsely chopped onions and peppers and season the vegetables with dried basil. Add the diced Adyghe cheese, fry it again and mix with the pasta. Heat the dish in a skillet for another 5 minutes.
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16. Macaroni with cheese and broccoli
Nothing superfluous, but it turns out amazing!
You will need: 500 g pasta, 500 g broccoli, 100 g cheese, 2 tbsp. butter, 2 tbsp. flour, 350 ml of milk, 1 tsp. hot pepper.
Preparation: Fry the flour in butter, add milk, boil and cook until the sauce thickens. Put the grated cheese in the same place and stir to melt. Boil broccoli inflorescences, fry them in a pan, mix with ready-made pasta and cover with cheese sauce.
17. Macaroni with three types of cheese
You can experiment with any kind of cheese you like.
You will need: 250 g pasta, 1.5 cups of water and milk each, 2 tsp. starch, 1 tsp. mustard, 100 g cheddar, 100 g mozzarella, 70 g parmesan, 1/3 cup bread crumbs, herbs.
Preparation: Mix water with milk and spices, and boil the pasta in it until tender. Grate all types of cheese and mix them with starch. Add mustard and cheese to the finished pasta and stir. At the end, sprinkle with leftover Parmesan cheese and toasted breadcrumbs with herbs.
18. Pasta and cheese Italian style
Of course, you need mozzarella, basil and oregano.
You will need: 450 g pasta, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tsp. olive oil, 400 g of tomatoes in their own juice, 1 tsp each. basil and oregano, a pinch of sugar and pepper, 100 g of mozzarella, 50 g of parmesan.
Preparation: Fry onions with garlic in olive oil, add tomatoes and spices to them, and simmer for 15 minutes. Add boiled pasta there, transfer to a baking dish and sprinkle with mozzarella and parmesan on top. Send the casserole to the oven at 180 degrees for another 15 minutes.
19. Pasta with cheese and zucchini
Choose fairly firm young zucchini.
You will need: 150 g pasta, 300 g zucchini, 100 ml cream, 50 g cheese, 20 g butter, spices.
Preparation: Cut the courgettes into small cubes and quickly fry over high heat. Reduce the temperature, add the spiced cream and simmer for about 5 minutes. Toss the sauce with boiled pasta and top with grated cheese.
20. Macaroni with cheese and seafood
A gourmet meal that's easy to prepare for dinner.
You will need: 350 g pasta, 600 g seafood, 200 ml cream, 100 g cheese, basil, spices, 3 cloves of garlic, 30 g butter, olive oil.
Preparation: Fry the seafood in butter, add a little olive and grated garlic after a couple of minutes. Pour in the cream and season the sauce, fry a little more and add the grated cheese. When the cheese is melted, add the chopped basil and cook for a couple of minutes. Place the sauce over the boiled pasta.