Saturday, June 13, 2009

A Version of Baked Macaroni

Baked Macaroni, from my understanding, is simply baking a cooked elbow macaroni mixed with pasta sauce. Regarding the pasta sauce, it's just anything from red sauce to white sauce. You can also add any ingredients you would like to from ground beef to flaked tuna. Perhaps, you could use any of your leftover foods in the fridge such as hotdogs or hams. For this recipe, I’ve just recycled the Parmesan with Macaroni Sauce and Chicken Cordon Bleu leftover and used it in the pasta sauce. Since the leftover sauce has a strong taste of Parmesan for it to be a pasta sauce, I’ve decided to add some spaghetti sauce to add some tingling taste of tomato. I find the taste of the pasta sauce I’ve created to be balanced by adding a spaghetti sauce. We’ll, let me now show you a unique version of baked macaroni I've made from leftover sauce. Here are the ingredients I've used and procedures I've done(Thanks to my sister, Nica, for taking the pictures of the procedure and of herself :)):

  • Leftover Parmesan with Macaroni Sauce. (Approximately 250mL.)
  • 250mL. Spaghetti Sauce
  • 650g. Elbow Macaroni (We've had 250g. and we've bought a 400g. from our local sari-sari store), cooked based on the instruction in the package.
  • 1 stem of Parsley, finely chopped.
  • Leftover Chicken Cordon Bleu (Approximately 150g.), chopped.
  • 3 tbps. Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tbsp. Salt
  • 500g. cheddar cheese
  1. Boil 1L. of water on a pot. Add the vegetable oil and the salt.
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  2. While we're waiting the water to boil, We can now prepare the pasta sauce.
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  3. Simmer the leftover sauce over medium heat while adding the spaghetti sauce and parsley.
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  4. Oh! The water is boiling. We can now add the elbow macaroni and stir constantly to avoid sticking at the bottom of the pot.
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  5. At this very moment, you are stirring both the pasta sauce and the elbow macaroni. :)
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  6. Turn off the heat on pasta sauce while you're about to check if the elbow macaroni is already done.
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  7. Drain the water and wash it with cold water.
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  8. Now, mix the pasta sauce and the elbow macaroni.
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  9. Mix the chopped Chicken Cordon Bleu into the elbow macaroni and pasta sauce mixture.
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  10. Place it on a Pyrex container or on an aluminum metal container used for making leche flan :)
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  11. Top it with cheddar cheese.
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  12. Cover it with a aluminum foil. If your Pyrex has a cover, use it.
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  13. Cook it on a pre-heat oven at 250 degree Celcius for 20-30 minutes or until the cheese above turns brown.
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  14. While you're waiting for your baked macaroni to be done, you need to wash all the kitchen utensils you've used.:)
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  15. Best served with Garlic Bread.
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I'll post the cost of all the ingredients next time. I forgot to collate them. :) For now, create your own baked macaroni and enjoy!

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