Macaroni with cheese and egg

Fast, simple, delicious, for dinner for the whole family! Macaroni with cheese and egg is a dish that both adults and children love equally. This recipe differs in that the egg is not subjected to strong heat, which makes it look like a cheese sauce.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 47 % 21 g
Fats 53 % 24 g
Carbohydrates 0 % 0 g
277 kcal
GI: 0 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 20 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make macaroni with cheese and egg? Prepare the products. Pasta will fit any shape, I took spaghetti. Choose a high—quality pasta made from durum wheat - such pasta tastes better and will not boil into porridge.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    First of all, put a pan of pasta cooking water on the stove. While it boils, take care of other products. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Take high-quality and natural cheese, without milk fat substitutes. Solid or semi-solid is best, the main thing is that it melts well and is delicious.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Beat the egg into a bowl. Be sure to wash the eggs before use, as even the seemingly clean shell may contain harmful bacteria. It is best to use food detergents and a brush. Lightly beat it with a fork until smooth. Add a little salt and ground black pepper. Keep in mind that the egg will then mix with cheese, which also contains salt, do not over-salt. Stir the egg again.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Add grated cheese to it. Mix it up.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    The water will boil in the meantime. Add salt to it and toss the pasta. Stir immediately so that they do not stick to the bottom. Cook the pasta over medium heat according to the instructions on the package. Stir the contents of the pan from time to time. Do not overcook the pasta, they should remain slightly firm — this pasta is both tastier and healthier.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Transfer the finished pasta to a frying pan. It is better if it is non-stick coated, then the cheese will not stick to the bottom. To prevent the dish from getting dry, pour in a little water in which the pasta was cooked. Put the egg and cheese in a frying pan. Make the fire minimal, then the egg will not curdle but turn into sauce. With constant stirring, achieve complete melting of the cheese. As soon as this happens, turn off the heating.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Immediately transfer the pasta to plates, sprinkle them with ground black pepper and serve. Enjoy your meal!

Very tasty pasta! It turns out to be similar to the famous carbonara, only without bacon. Cook it in enough quantity to eat it right away — it's not so good when it's warmed up.

How do I know if an egg is fresh? Break it into a separate container. First of all, there should be no unpleasant smell. The protein of fresh eggs will be transparent and clean. The yolk should not spread and will be shiny, convex, homogeneous.

How to cook pasta properly, how to cook pasta al dente, how to choose a quality product to avoid disappointment and much more, read the article "Pasta and pasta - the subtleties of choice and secrets of cooking" .

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Dutch cheese - 352   kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335   kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366   kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345   kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "steppe" - 362   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "uglichsky" - 347   kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377   kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400   kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363   kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395   kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420   kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356   kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364   kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360   kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61   kcal/100g
  • Cheese "etorki" (sheep, hard) - 401   kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100   kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260   kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355   kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316   kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327   kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250   kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350   kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chicken egg - 80   kcal/100g

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