Macaroni Schotel

I made Macaroni Schotel for friend's afternoon tea party, it is yummy but so full-o-fat (milk, cheese, pasta, spam, ham). This version of Macaroni Schotel is adapted for Indonesian taste (with Dutch origins), Happy Trying !!

For 8-10 people

Ingredients:

• Pasta 500gr - penne/ macaroni (anything hollow)
• 1 onion chopped finely
• 375 gr SPAM (medium can) - mashed using fork/ potato masher (this can be replace with corned beef)
  
• 100 gr ham chopped finely
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• Black pepper
• a pinch of sugar
• 1 litre Milk
• 1 teaspoon Ground nutmeg
  
• 5 Egg
• Shredded Tasty Cheese
• Bread Crumb

Step 1 - Pasta :

• Boil pasta as per instructions from the packaging less 2 minutes (to avoid super soft pasta)
  
• Strain pasta and run through cold water (pasta to stay in strainer to remove excess water)

Step 2 - SPAM mixture :

Stir fry onion, SPAM and ham for about 5 minutes - leave it aside to cool down

Step 3 - Milk mixture :

In a measuring cup, make milk mixture :
Milk + nutmeg + sugar + salt + black pepper + egg - - - whisk for about 5mins

Step 4 - Layering :

• Grease baking tray with olive oil/ butter (baking tray size width 23cm x depth 5cm x 33cm)
• Create layers :

Layer 1 : Pasta
Layer 2 : SPAM mixture
Layer 3 : Tasty Cheese
Layer 4 : Pasta
Layer 5 : Tasty Cheese

Step 5 - Finishing :

• Pour milk mixture from any corner slowly, once milk mixture reach the top shake the tray slowly to ensure milk mixture run evenly through the entire layer
• Sprinkle bread crumb on the top
• Bake in the oven till the top is golden brown

I forgot to take proper picture..however, it can give you some idea on how it will look like.