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Makaronilaatikko Resepti
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An excellent recipe to make Makaronilaatikko for everyone to enjoy.
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Makaronilaatikko Resepti Ingredients:
about 250 ml macaroni or other mini-sized pasta shapes
250-300 g ground lean beef
butter
onion powder
paprika powder
white or black pepper
250 ml beef or chicken stock
125 g good-quality processed cheese (preferably Finnish strong Koskenlaskija) or cream cheese (eg Philadelphia)
freshly grated Parmesan cheese
grated flavourful cheese (eg Gruyère, Emmental, Gouda)
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Makaronilaatikko Resepti Directions:
Cook the macaroni, but leave it just slightly underdone. Drain the pasta in a colander and briefly rinse it with cold running water to prevent it from sticking. Set aside.
Warm a frying pan until hot, add some butter and the crumbled ground meat. Stir and cook the meat on high heat until it is cooked and all the moisture has evaporated. Season the meat with some pepper, onion powder and paprika powder, or with whatever spices like garlic, herbs, and chilli. Stir the meat into the cooked pasta and pour the mixture into a buttered (round) oven pan/casserole dish (0 about 20 centimetres).
In a small saucepan, bring the stock to the boil. Remove the pan from heat and add the processed cheese. If using firm cheese, add it cut in small cubes, if soft cheese, add it in little dollops.
Without stirring, let the cheese melt. Then stir the mixture until smooth, if some small lumps remain, they will melt and incorporate later during baking in the oven. Stir some grated Parmesan cheese in the stock as well and pour the mixture over the macaroni and meat in the pan.
Sprinkle the top generously with grated cheese and dot the surface with pats of butter. Bake the casserole on the bottom rack of the oven at 175 - 180 C for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until the macaroni have absorbed most of the liquid and the top is golden brown. Be careful not to bake the dish for too long, or it will come out too dry.
Serve the macaroni casserole with some fresh salad on the side.
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