Baked Mac-and-Cheese Dessert! • More Than Just Cooking

Baked Mac-and-Cheese Dessert… a typical Bulgarian dish from my childhood

Some of the most wonderful years in people’s lives are the first years of childhood, those years of love and laughter. Only children can laugh like that, because they do not know feelings like hate or disappointment. If you keep a little part from that kindness in you, a little bit from that ability to enjoy the little things in life… then I think you will always keep a part from that kid you once were. Since I like to recall my childhood memories from time to time – this weekend I decided to prepare a dish that my mom used to make me, namely this Mac-and-Cheese dessert.

Mac-and-Cheese Dessert from my childhood

Servings: 6
Time: 1 Hour
Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients

250 g Macaroni
60 g Butter
450 ml Milk
2 Eggs
200 g White cheese e.g. Feta cheese
200 g Sugar
Vanilla extract

Directions

Bring water to boil and cook the pasta until “al dente” i.e. cooked but still slightly firm. Do not add salt to the water, since we’re cooking a dessert 😉
Beat the sugar with the eggs and vanilla in a bowl.
Add the milk and mix well.
Finally break the cheese into small pieces using a fork or your hands and stir it in the milk mixture.
Mix the macaroni with the butter and transfer into a casserole.
Pour the milk mixture over the macaroni.
Bake at 190°C degrees, upper heat for about 30-40 minutes or until the macaroni start to turn golden and the mixture thickens.
In the last 5 minutes, sprinkle the dish with sugar, then return to the oven to caramelise. You can increase the upper heat to 220°C to get that crispy and sweet sugar crust.