Cookery: Double Cheese Baked Macaroni

Cheese is one of man's greatest achievement. It may not cure cancer though but it makes life seems a little better. I personally think that cheese is one intense component in a dish that beads of sweat comes down every time I see a food with cheese on it.

The Double Cheese Baked Macaroni is one of the sexiest baked macaroni that ever exist. It gives pleasure to cheese addicts and meat lovers alike. If the looks of the food could kill, the flavors will send your soul to thy kingdom come.



Double Cheese Baked Macaroni shows why cheese is better than margarine. I trust cows more than chemists.


Ingredients:

Pasta
• 1 400-gram pack macaroni

Meat filling:
• 1/4 cup oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• ¼ kilo ground pork,
• ¼ kilo ground beef
• 1/4 kilo ham, cubed
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• 2 tablespoons catsup
• ¼ tsp dried oregano/ dried basil
• salt and pepper to taste

Sauce:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 big can avaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup quickmelt cheese
• 225 grams cream cheese


Instructions:

1. Boil macaroni as directed in the package.
2. Drain then set aside.

Prepare Meat Filling:
3. In a skillet, heat oil.
4. Saute garlic and onions.
5. Add pepper and cook until tender.
6. Add ground beef, ground pork and ham and cook until browned.
7. Add tomato sauce, catsup, bay leaves and seasoning.
8. Bring to a boil, lower heat then allow to simmer for a few minutes.
9. If sauce get too thick, add a little water.
10. Add this mixture to the cooked macaroni.
11. Mix very well then transfer to an ovenproof glass dish. Set aside.

Prepare Sauce:
12. Melt butter then add flour.
13. Stir to remove lumps.
14. Add milk and chicken broth while stirring continuously.
15. Add the cheeses until smooth and thick.
16. Pour evenly over the macaroni in the dish.
17. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until top is lightly browned.


Chef Ryla is a graduate of Basic Culinary Arts and gained her Certificate on Commercial Cooking (National Certificate No. 10070202006587) in MOST Institute Cebu Campus.

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