Description
For an indulgent bowl of cheesy comfort food to ward off winter chills try a gourmet baked macaroni with flavorful aged Havarti cheese.
Ingredients
Scale
- Macaroni 250 g (9 oz)
- Egg 1
- Milk 250 ml (8 fl oz / 1 cup)
- Ground nutmeg a sprinkle
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Castello Alps Selection Chiantino Cheese 140 g (5 oz) grated + 45 g (11/2 oz), cubed
- Castello Havarti cheese 85 g (3 oz), grated
- Fresh Mozzarella cheese 85 g (3 oz), pulled by hand
- Cherry tomatoes 6, halved
- Panko breadcrumbs 150 g (51/3 oz)
- Butter 2 Tbsp, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160?C (325?F).
- Bring a large pot of water to the boil. Add macaroni and cook for about 7 minutes. Drain macaroni and reserve about 125 ml (4 fl oz / 1/2 cup) of the liquid. Set aside.
- In another bowl, crack egg into milk. Sprinkle in nutmeg and add a dash of pepper. Add all three cheeses. Stir to combine.
- Throw in semi-cooked macaroni and its reserved liquid. Mix evenly.
- Pour everything into a lightly greased rectangular baking dish. Top with cherry tomatoes.
- Sprinkle breadcrumbs and arrange cubed butter evenly on top.
- Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour, until the top is brown and crusty.
- Serve warm.
- Category: Main