A perfect combination of mac and cheese that is full of flavor and tastes all the family’s favorite as well. This complementary combination is making it both children’s and adults’ favorite.
Moreover, one of the best answers to our confusing questions that what to prepare as a side dish in a comforting dinner.
Giving creamy and cheesy sauce makes it somewhat more exceptional. There are a variety of ways to make them prepared but baking and topping them with some breadcrumbs attracts me a lot.
There all the tips and tricks for its preparation are mentioned by the combination of all my experiences of its preparation.
Ingredients for Mac and Cheese
For the preparation of your spicy mac and cheese ingredients being used here are:
- I box of elbow macaroni
- Flour
- Butter
- Salt
- Finely ground black pepper
- Shredded cheddar cheese
Steps of Preparation
All the instructions and stepwise guidelines are available here to prepare spicy Mac and cheese.
- Take one large-sized bowl add water to it and boil.
- When you found it is at the stage of boiling add macaroni to it.
- Cook it but try to avoid mashing it as it should be able to bite but not overcooked as it could be done for 8 to 10 minutes only.
- In a pan add butter in it heat it and make it melt.
- When butter is warmed well add a few spices in it like flour, salt, and pepper.
- After the addition of the heat and cook until the mixture gets a bubbly texture.
- At the spot add milk in it and take care of stirring it continuously while it is added.
- As milk is added heat it again, like a process of boiling. Let the mixture thicken a bit.
- When all these materials are smoothed well and have become bubbly textured add a measured quantity of cheddar cheese to it. Heating should be continued until all of this cheese has been melted.
- Here we have made both preparations as sauce and macaroni. Add macaroni to the sauce and make the coating of it.
- Hence full of taste and flavor mas cheese is prepared.
Tips and tricks for its formation
- To make it try to use cheese and shred it because pre-shredded cheese doesn’t give the same texture that we need in this case.
- Pasta should be cooked for less than one minute only because we have to keep it again in the oven after the combinations and this could make them hard a bit.
- Keep extra care while preparation of roux a combination of butter and flour, and be careful of making it more bubbly by properly mixing all the ingredients finely.
Serving of mac and cheese
Once your spicy mac and cheese are prepared then it could be served in several ways like toppings and garnishing you love to have.
- Some more cheese could be sprinkled on it after its preparation.
- One more and most favorite tip of garnishing is the usage of breadcrumbs.
- In a mixing bowl add breadcrumbs and butter mix them well and make a layer on the mixture.
- One more alternative is its serving with bacon bits. Cook your bacon bits make their piece and sprinkle on it.
Instructions for storage
This delicious mac and cheese are one of the freezing-friendly meal as well. As all the preparations are completed and baked then these could be saved for 2 to 3 days only. But one more alternative to freezing them for the long term is to make all the preparations and ingredients but not bake them. When you find a need bake and serve immediately to enjoy this dreamy thing.
