Mac ‘N Cheese
A family favourite dinner with extra twist to take your flavour to another level. Serve it with some steamed vegetables or a fresh green salad.
Mac ‘N Cheese
A pasta dish with a creamy bechamel sauce and topped with cheese and breadcrumbs.
Equipment
- Pyrex dish, medium
Ingredients
Bechamel Sauce
- 300 ml milk
- 25 g butter
- 25 g flour
- 125 g cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp dijion mustard
Flavour enhancer
- 1 smoked chicken sausage
- ½ red onion
- ¼ celery stick
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ red peper
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp dried basil
Pasta
- 110 g store bought macaroni
Topping
- 30 g breadcrumbs
- 50 g cheddar cheese
- 1 tomato
Instructions
Pasta
- Fill up your saucepan to half way with water and boil.
- When it is boiling add salt and the pasta.
- Cook for ½ the recommended time – maybe around 6 mins.
- Drain and add to your pyrex dish and set aside.
Sauce
- Melt the butter and add the flour.
- cook until a light golden brown colour – 3 mins
- Warm the milk in the microwave.
- Whisk in the warm milk.
- Add the mustard.
- Continue stirring until it is thickened. Donot boil.
- Add the cheese and stri until it has melted.
- Take off the heat heat and add to your pyrex dish and stir.
Flavour enhancer
- Chop the onion, celery and pepper finely.
- Fry gentle until softened.
- Add the basil, smoked paprika, salt and pepper.
- Crush the garlic and add to the frying pan.
- Slice the sausage and add to teh pan.
- Slice the mushrooms and add to the pan.
- Fry for around 5 mins until all the flavours are blended.
- Add it to the pyrex dish and mix thoroughly.
Finishing
- Sprinkle the cheese and breadcrumbs over the top of the dish.
- Slice the tomato and garnish.
- Bake at 180°c for 30mins or until golden brown. Use the middel shelf, but you can move it up and switch over to the broiler/grill for an extra brown topping for the last 5 mins.
Nutrition
Calories: 214kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 10gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 194mgPotassium: 163mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 586IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 219mgIron: 1mg
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