Cheesy Baked Mac with Bechamel Sauce - Recettes simples pour la maison. White Sauce Pasta And Chicken Bake This classic béchamel-based mac and cheese is loaded to the hilt with cheese. Not only do we pack as much cheese as we can into the sauce itself, but we then mix the cooked pasta and cheese sauce with additional grated cheese, for tiny pockets of stretchy, melty bits throughout. To start off, this cheesy bechamel sauce here is over-the-top! This baked mac and cheese is a family favorite recipe, loved by both children and adults.
Preparation Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
Béchamel sauce (and in turn, cheese sauce) was one of the first things I ever learned to make when I was a young teenager starting to cook.
My mom used to make cheese sauce often to be baked with cooked pasta into a delicious macaroni and cheese layered with fresh tomatoes.
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Ingrédients de Cheesy Baked Mac with Bechamel Sauce:
- Meat Sauce.
- 1/2 kilo ground beef.
- 5 cups water.
- Cayenne pepper.
- Paprika.
- Oregano.
- Salt.
- Black pepper.
- 1 1/2 cup sliced hotdogs.
- 1 head garlic.
- 1 onion.
- 3/4 cup butter.
- 2 tomatoes.
- 3/4 cup tomato sauce.
- 1/4 cup ketchup (i used banana ketchup).
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce.
- Pasta.
- 350 grams pasta (macaroni or zita penne).
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine.
- Salt.
- Bechamel Sauce.
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine.
- 1/2 cup flour.
- 3 cups milk.
- Salt.
- Pepper.
- 1/2 cup grated cheese.
- Extra Topping.
- 2 cups grated cheese.
Return pasta to the pot and pour in bechamel sauce. Using a wooden spoon, mix well until all the pasta is coated with the sauce. Food blogger Tarika Singh brings you the recipe of pasta baked with rich, cheesy and creamy bechamel that you just cannot resist. So check out Tarika's take on delicious Macaroni and Cheese.
Comment cuisiner Cheesy Baked Mac with Bechamel Sauce:
- Prepare the beef. Blanch the ground beef in water. Once the water evaporates and only about half of it remains, season with salt and pepper. When there’s only very little water left, season with cayenne, paprika and oregano. Add half a tablespoon of soy sauce. You may add salt and pepper if you prefer more. Set aside..
- Sauté the garlic and onion in butter/margarine. Add in the sliced hotdogs. Once the hotdogs are half-cooked, add in the sliced tomatoes. Let the tomatoes soften in form then pour in the tomato sauce, ketchup and the remaining soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper as preferred. Add the ground beef and continue stirring for 5-10mins. Set aside..
- Boil some water in a pan. Once boiling, put in butter and salt. Add the pasta and cook until al dente. Strain to remove water. Mix the pasta and sauce and set aside..
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit or 180 degrees celsius..
- Melt the butter/margarine in a pan. Add the flour and continue mixing until there are no lumps. TIP: sift the flour into the pan so that the flour won’t get too lumpy. Pour the milk and add the grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Continue stirring until thick. Set aside..
- Prepare the baking pan / glass baking dish. Put in one layer or half of the pasta with sauce. Spread half of the bechamel sauce. Add half of the grated cheese. Layer the remaining pasta. Add the remaining bechamel sauce. Spread the remaining grated cheese especially on uncovered areas if there are any..
- Baked in the oven for 20mins or until the the top melts and darkens a bit..
- Serve hot or chillled. To reheat, just slide it in the microwave for a few minutes! Enjoy!.
The bechamel sauce is simple to make and really takes this whole dish over the top! This baked ziti with meat sauce is quite possibly my new favorite pasta dish. It's even better than lasagna, and that's saying a lot! While your meat sauce is simmering, go ahead and whip up the cheesy goodness. THE Baked Mac and Cheese recipe.