Based on https://www.momontimeout.com/best-homemade-baked-mac-and-cheese-recipe/
I do it with (3-4 ppl):
- 300g of macaroni (cooked beforehand)
- 75-100g of butter
- 20g of generic flour
- 350ml of milk
- 300g (or more by taste) of cheddar cheese (pre-shred is fine tbh)
- 90g of parmesan (we’ll grate this)
- salt, pepper, carolina reaper, anything you want
- 45g of panko crumbs (or any other bread crumbs shaped product if you don’t care)
- vegan bacon, if you want to make it mac and cheese and bacon
Then:
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Cook the pasta to bit short of al dente, drain, transfer it to the baking tray.
- In another pot melt the butter, mix in flour, add cheddar and milk, continue until cheddar is at least mostly melted (it’ll go in the oven). Add salt, pepper, etc.
- (Chop bacon, make it on a pan, mix it into the sauce. You can also do other things like chopped jalapeños in the sauce.)
- Once it’s all nicely melted, pour it to the baking tray, stir well.
- Mix grated parmesan and panko crumbs. Melt some butter on top if you want to, but tbh it’s not that big of a deal.
- Evenly spread the mixture on top of the now-mixed mac and cheese, cover in foil, put in oven.
- Bake for 15-25 mins, get rid of foil, bake for another 5-15 mins depending on how the top is looking.