Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cheese. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

BAKED MUSSELS (Tahong)

Ingredients:

60pcs. fresh mussels (tahong)
1/4cup Magnolia Gold Butter
2tbsp. minced garlic
1/4cup all purpose flour
1/2cup Magnolia Fresh Milk
pinch of salt and pepper to taste
3/4cup Magnolia Quickmelt Cheese, grated

Cleaning and preparing the mussels:

Wash the mussels several times. Place in a bowl and cover with water. Place in the fridge and allow to soak for several hours, changing the water every hour or so.

Wash the mussels again and pull off the beards. If they had been soaked sufficiently, the beards should come off easily.


Procedure:

1. Steam mussels until shells open. Remove and discard empty shell. Arrange mussels on a baking tray.
2. In a saucepan, melt butter and sauté garlic. Add flour and mix well. Stir in stock and milk and season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat when mixture thickens lightly.
3. Spoon white sauce onto mussels.
4. Top with grated quickmelt cheese.
5. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until cheese melts. Garnish with chopped parsley.


Tip:

You can also use a conventional oven toaster, adjust timer until the cheese melts since the mussels are already cooked by steam.

BAKED MACARONI

Ingredients:

450g. elbow macaroni
1/2cup Magnolia Gold Butter
1tsp. minced garlic
1/2cup chopped onion
1/2kilo Magnolia Chicken Giniling
1cup Purefoods Sweet Ham, chopped
1/2cup red bell peppers, chopped
2cups tomato sauce
1/2cup chicken broth
1tsp. salt
3/4tsp. pepper
2tbsp. sugar
1cup Magnolia Quickmelt Cheese, grated


Procedure:

1. Cook pasta according to package directions.
2. In a saucepan, melt butter and sauté the rest of the ingredients (except cheese). Allow mixture to simmer for 5-10 minutes.
3. Toss noodles with prepared sauce. Place in an oven-proof baking dish and sprinkle with grated quickmelt cheese on top.
4. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius pre-heated oven for 15-20 minutes or until cheese melts.


Tip:

I don't have an oven so I just use steam by placing the macaroni dish inside a pan over the boiling water inside of a larger pot to melt the cheese.

Makes 12 servings.