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Baked Macaroni & Cottage Cheese

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Ingredients
  

  • Ingredients:
  • 1 cup macaroni
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 6 tablespoons flour
  • 1 large tin tomatoes
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 3 gloves garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon olive oil or butter for sautéing
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 1 ½ cup cottage cheese
  • pepper to taste
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella or Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup buttered bread crumbs 1 cup dry bread crumbs mixed with 1 tablespoon melted butter

Instructions
 

  • Directions:
  • Drop macaroni into 2 or 3 quarts of rapidly boiling salted water, and cook until tender. Then drain hot water and turn into buttered casserole dish.
  • Meanwhile in a frying pan, sauté onions and garlic in olive oil until the onions are cooked and translucent.
  • Push onion and garlic over to one side of the pan. Then melt butter and blend in flour; cook over low heat until mixture is brown. Then combine with everything in the pan.
  • Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients, except bread crumbs or grated cheese.
  • Pour over macaroni, stirring slightly to distribute.
  • Sprinkle with cheese.
  • Sprinkle with buttered bread crumbs
  • Bake in a 350 degree Fahrenheit oven for 45 minutes.
  • Serve immediately.