Macaroni is a good idea any time of the day and if you can hold your hunger pangs for a few more minutes; bake it with a layer of cheese on the top. That makes it simply irresistibly yum…
Like you know, macaroni is a shape of pasta like Spaghetti, Fusill and Penne. The real difference is, Pasta dough contains egg. The dough macaroni is made out of, is eggless.
It’s a perfect one dish meal on a Sunday afternoon.
Experiment with the sauce (white, mushroom, pesto) .. add different combinations vegetables (bell peppers, baby corns, broccoli, onions).. and you will have a new dish each time you cook it.
Quantity – sufficient for 2 adults
Macaroni;
3 cups of Macaroni
Some water for boiling
1 tbsp olive oil
A pinch of salt
- Boil macaroni like the way you boil pasta with a few drops of olive oil and a pinch of salt in it. It will take around 15-20 mins to cook.
- Drain all the water once the macaroni is cooked. Run cooked macaroni under cold water else it might stick together.
Sauce;
1tsp of Butter
1tbsp Olive oil
2-3 Shallots diced / 1 Onion sliced
1 cup Tomato Puree
Salt to taste
1/4th cup Fresh Cream
A pinch of Sugar
1 tsp Chilli flakes
A few Basil leaves chopped.
½ cup grated Mozzarella Cheese
- For the sauce. Heat some butter in the pan with olive oil to prevent the butter from burning.
- Add diced shallot / sliced onions and sauté a bit.
- Add tomato puree and salt to taste. Stir a pinch of sugar just to balance the tanginess of the tomato. Add chilli flakes and basil leaves
- Add macaroni to the sauce. Mix it well.
- Add the mix to the baking pot. Generously layer the top with Grated mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle a few more basil leaves and bake for 20 mins.
- Once the cheese melts and turns slightly brownish, take the macaroni out of oven.
Feast on it with some bread if you like.
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