MOZZARELLA MACRONI & CHEESE !!!!!!!

OK....we prepared starter for mansoon & a side dish for roti especially for kids lunch box. Now how about a dish for weekend ?? Mansoon started & weather is chilled & just imagine we are eating hot & cheesy pasta on a weekend sitting quietly & enjoying every bit of it. Woooooow, yummy for tummy na. Yesssss, you guessed it correct. Today we are going to preapare cheesy pasta...MOZZARELLA MACRONI & CHEESE.

I adopted this recipe from BETTY CROCKER.

Ingredients

2

cups uncooked elbow macaroni

2

tablespoons butter

2

tablespoons Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1

teaspoon salt

1

teaspoon grated or very finely chopped garlic

2

cups milk

2

cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)

1/4

cup chopped fresh basil leaves( i used dried one)

Directions

• 1 Cook and drain macaroni as directed on package.
• 2 In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Using whisk, stir in flour, salt and garlic. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, or until mixture smells nutty and is lightly golden, stirring constantly with whisk.
• 3 Add milk. Continue to beat with whisk, scraping bottom of skillet until mixture heats to boiling. Mixture will thicken. Remove from heat; add cheese and basil. Stir with whisk until smooth. Stir in drained macaroni.
• 4 Serve with additional basil leaves if desired.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))))