Macaroni Schotel

Can't say no to this dish. Frequently made this at home and it come to be one of favorite dish at home especially for me and my son. I will share the best recipe that I have ever found. Many recipe will told you only to bake it, but I found the one that give better taste to enhance the cheese flavor by steam it before baked. For cheese lover like me, the best cheese flavor will be my choice, hahaha...

Macaroni schotel is known as staple food in northern Europe home cooking. Some people in Europe said this dish as macaroni casserole. In Indonesia, this dish was introduced by Dutch during the occupation in there. Schotel in Dutch is schall means dish. Maybe it refer to the container used to make this dish. Originally the recipe only consist of macaroni and a mixture of egg and milk with additional ingredients such as meat, sausage, and of course cheese. But you can add anything that you want like vegetables (sometimes I add broccoli, corn, carrot to my macaroni schotel).

Macaroni Schotel

Source : Ferona in Cake Fever
Modification by me

Ingredients:

• 125 g dried elbow macaroni
• 125 g cheddar cheese, grated
• 150 g ground beef
• 1 pieces of sausage, sliced
• some vegetable as your desire
• 1 piece chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• Butter/margarine
• sugar to taste (add only a little as you wish)
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp white pepper powder
• 300 ml full cream milk
• 2 tbsp fresh cream/cooking cream
• 3 eggs, whisk lightly
• 1 tbsp cooking oil

For topping

• 1 tbsp margarine/butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• 125 ml full cream milk
• 1 tbsp cooking cream
• salt to taste
• pepper
• 75 g cheddar cheese, grated
• 50 g mozzarella cheese, grated

Direction:

• Cook macaroni in boiling salted water and cooking oil until just firm to bite (about three-quarter cooked). Drain the water and set aside. 
• Sautee onion with butter/margarine until wilted. Add chopped garlic, and continue sautee until fragrant. 
• Add ground beef and sausage. Stir fry it until the beef change into the darker color. Add other ingredients if you add vegetable. Stir it well just for a while. Add salt, pepper, ground nutmeg. Stir it well. Turn off the heat.
• In different bowl, break the egg and whisk it lightly. Pour fresh milk and cooking cream. Add the beef that has been stir fried before, macaroni, and grated cheddar cheese. Taste it. If the taste still not tasty enough, you can add some salt as your desire. Stir it well. Pour this to the casserole dish (you can use aluminum foil dish). Then take it into the steamer and steam it about 15 minutes.
• While waiting the dish steam, let's prepare the topping. Sautee butter/margarine, add flour, stir it well and fast (only until the flour dissolve with the butter). Pour fresh milk gradually while fast-stirring to prevent the clumping of the mixture. Add grated cheddar cheese. Add salt and pepper.
• After the dish steamed, pour the topping into the top of the dish, spread it well using spatula. Sprinkle the grated cheddar cheese/mozzarella cheese. Then bake it about 15-20 minutes until the cheese perfectly melt and browned.

[MFM#14] The Sweety and Salty Beef

Setelah beberapa minggu yang lalu mupeng berat masak spaghetti. Nah, minggu ini giliran mupeng berat masak sesuatu berbahan dasar daging. Selain juga karena tema MFM#14 bulan ini yg dikomando oleh mbak Esti adalah RED MEAT. Jadilah saya semakin semangat masak daging. Setelah searching resep sana sini akhirnya ketemu juga resep gampang lagi mudah bin simple dari Miss Ellie. Akhirnya setelah pulang dari kampus tadi langsung deh ke supermarket berburu daging dan Baby Bok Choy *lagi males ke pasar jadinya berburunya di supermarket aj deh*. Karena selama ini ga pernah masak daging sendiri *biasanya kan klo lagi pengen beli makanan jadi di warung makan* pas liat-liat daging kaget bin surprise ama harga daging yang gila-gilaan. Berhubung anggaran terbatas jd belinya ya secukupnya aja. Bisa bangkrut klo tiap hari makan daging (baca- red meat) mlulu. Oh ya.. resep yang saya posting di sini setelah dimodifikasi. Kalau mo liat resep aslinya di sini nih..

Bahan-bahan:

• 300 gr daging sirloin, potong tipis-tipis; biar lebih enak motongnya daging dimasukin freezer dulu sebentar *jgn ampe jd es daging ya *
• 6 siung bawang putih, dihaluskan
• 1 sdm tepung maizena, dilarutkan dengan air
• 2 sdm kecap ikan
• 4 sdm kecap manis
• 4 sdm saus tiram
• ½ sdm gula pasir
• 2 sdm minyak wijen
• 2 sdm merica hitam, mo dihalusin ampe groundy (jd bubuk) gpp, mo ditumbuk kasar juga ok
• 2 cm jahe, kalau pake jahe bubuk *yg bumbu lho.. bukan yg buat minuman jahe* takarannya 1 sdm aja ya..
• Margarin
• Baby bok choy, steamed/boiled

Cara Membuat:

• Campur bumbu perendam bawang putih yang sudah dihaluskan dengan kecap ikan, kecap manis, saus tiram, gula pasir, minyak wijen, merica hitam, jahe dan tepung maizena. Kalau terlalu kental boleh ditambahin air sedikit.
• Masukkan daging yang sudah diiris tipis-tipis. Campur dengan bumbu sampai merata. Masukkan ke dalam lemari es selama kurang lebih 1 jam agar bumbu meresap.
• Panaskan margarin. Masukkan daging yang sudah direndam tadi (banyaknya sesuai selera) bersama bumbu perendamnya.
• Masak daging sambil diaduk-aduk. Bumbu perendam yang dimasukkan bersama daging akan jadi saus dagingnya. Masak sampai matang. Angkat dan hidangkan bersama dengan baby bok choy dan nasi hangat. Oishi...!!!

Note:

• Taste bumbu perendam disesuaikan dengan selera masing-masing ya. Kalau suka asin, kecap ikannya dibanyakin aja. Kalau suka manis, kecap manisnya ya dibanyakin.
• Ketika memasak daging jangan lupa sambil diaduk karena dagingnya kan diiris tipis, jadi cepet matengnya. Biar ga gosong gitu lho..