This is the easiest (and tastiest) macaroni cheese recipe I know, and I’ve tried a few over the years! Nigella Lawson is known for her rich, sumptuous recipes and this is no exception.
Before I started this blog I was in a huge rut as far as weekday meals were concerned, I was making this meal most weeks. Part of its appeal was that the ingredients can be put together in a few minutes, another part is that the delicious cheese sauce was as much of a winner with me as with the kids. The recipe is also very easy to remember, which helps because my memory is not what it was in my pre-kids days!
This meal could easily be made with added veg (maybe broccoli or onions and mushrooms) but I’m not sure it’s what Nigella would want 😁. I tend to serve it with salad or veg on the side. The meal doesn’t really need any meat – the sauce has both cheese and eggs, so packs plenty of protein – though you could add some if you wanted to stretch the meal to serve more people.
I read on a blog post a few weeks ago that certain types of pasta suit different meals. I’d often cooked this with whatever pasta we have in the house but I did use macaroni for this post and I’ll always use it in the future. The pasta kept its bite after being cooked and there seemed to be more sauce (I guess the fusilli that I often use must absorb some of the sauce during cooking). If you’re the blogger who posted the pasta facts let me know in the comments, I’d like to go back and read it again!
Ingredients
Serves 4 adults
- 250g macaroni
- 250g mature cheddar cheese
- 250ml evaporated milk
- 2 eggs
Method
- Heat your oven to 200°C.
- Boil a saucepan of water, then add the macaroni and cook according to the packet instructions.
- While the pasta is boiling beat together the evaporated milk and eggs and grate the cheese.
- Once the pasta is cooked drain it and pour it into a medium-sized roasting dish (mine was 8″ square), then add the egg mixture and the cheese and mix together.
- Place in your oven and cook for 20-25 minutes, until the sauce has set and the top is turning golden.
This sounds decadent and very similar to what is called Macaroni pie as in the use of the egg mixture. Perfect comfort food!
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It’s definitely comfort food, I wish I had some right now! I haven’t heard of macaroni pie, sounds like another recipe I need to check out 😊. Thanks for stopping by
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I believe macaroni pie is Trinidadian. I have not made it in a few years, will have to try and do it sometime. 🙂
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I love how blogging has led me to find out about new dishes. Thanks for the heads up 😊
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An ultimate comfort meal! Perfect for the freezing cold weather we have here.
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Yep, it’s freezing here too and I could just do with a big bowl of this right now 😊. Thanks for reading
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Nice recipe
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Thank you, and thanks for stopping by
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Oh that looks really delicious, and easy to part-prep ahead of time. Then pop it in the oven while you do reading/homework. It’s cold and snowy here in London today, so a nice warming cheesy pasta dish might be just the ticket for tea tonight. Thanks for another great recipe!
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Thank you. It’s bitterly cold here too, just the right weather for this meal. Yes, it can definitely be made up in advance and then popped in the oven when you’re ready for it. Thanks for stopping by
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Ooh this looks nice! Does it have to be evaporated milk or can you use regular milk?
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Thank you. I’ve never tried it with normal milk but I think it would still work. It wouldn’t taste as rich, though – evaporated milk is sweeter and more creamy than normal milk. Thanks for stopping by
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Thank you! I actually wasn’t sure what evaporated milk was haha so that’s good to know!
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😊 it comes in a tin and it’ll be near the tinned custard and rice pudding in the supermarket. When I was a kid we used to have it with apple pie after a roast dinner on a Sunday 😋
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Haha I’ll keep my eye out on my next food shop! I’ve had a jar of macaroni pasta for ages that I’ve been meaning to use so definitely going to try this soon!
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I hope you like it, it’s such an easy meal to make x
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I’ve made this before and it so is lush!Perfect for this weather-I just might make it today!
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Yes, it’s proper bad weather comfort food 😊. Thanks for stopping by
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