Cooked: Dutch Macaroni Schotel

The finished product: Dutch Macaroni Schotel.

It is firm and soft (not gooey) on the inside, has crispy cheese layers all over, and tastes really good. Here's the recipe that I made to bake this amazing dutch dish today.

Dutch Macaroni Schotel

- 250g of macaroni
- 6 eggs

- 1 cup milk

- 1/2 cup cream (35% - 40% fat)
- 8 slices of cheese
- 150g of ham (about 6 slices)
- 150g of luncheon meat
- 1 yellow onion
- pinch of black pepper (1/2 teaspoon)
- pinch of white pepper (1/4 teaspoon)
- pinch of nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon)
- pinch of sugar (1/2 teaspoon)
- salt (2 teaspoon)

Directions:
1) Boil and cook the macaroni. (Takes about 18 minutes)
2) Whisk the milk, cream, and FOUR eggs together.
3) Sauteed the onion until light brown golden color. Add in the luncheon meat and fry it for about 2 minutes until the meat becomes more firm and slightly charred.
4) Put the macaroni in, and slowly stir.
5) Pour in the milk/cream/four eggs mixture. Add the salt, pepper, nutmeg and sugar into the sauce pan or wok. Mix well for about three to five minutes.
6) Add in 3 cheese slices that are cut into small pieces.
7) Whisk the 2 other eggs and add into the saucepan.
8) Grease your pot using butter or oil spray if you have.
9) Pour in everything from the saucepan into the pot.
10) Put 5 slices of cheese on top of the mixture. Cover with lid.
11) Bake it for 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes at 180 degree celcius.
12) Let it cool for a few minutes and enjoy :)

This picture above illustrate how your saucepan should look like with the sauteed onions, luncheon meat and macaroni, before adding in the wet mixture.

This picture illustrates how your saucepan should look like after adding in the cheese and additional whisked eggs. This should be the consistency and texture of the mixture before putting into the pot to bake.