This is one of Shanes favourites. Its a really quick recipe with a proper cheese sauce. Its an easy dish to make and can be enjoyed as either a main meal or even as a side dish for an American themed buffet.
Feel free to use your favourite cheese in this dish however we choose to include a mix of cheeses for maximum flavour.
Some recommended items from our kitchen to make this dish…
- Double sided dry and liquid measuring spoons for times when you need to measure both liquid and dry ingredients.
- Cheese grater with varying grater sizes.
- A lot of our dishes are pyrex, great for cooking. Perfect for roasters too and easy to clean.
- Non-stick milk pan as I love having the lip to make it easier to pour without spillage.
- Silicone whisks in varying sizes, much prefer silicone to metal as it rusts.
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Serves 4
INGREDIENTS:
- 300g macaroni pasta
- 25g Clover light spread
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 200ml whole milk
- 100ml water
- 80g light mature cheddar
- 30g red Leicester cheese
METHOD:
- Cook the pasta according to the packets instructions.
- Meanwhile make your cheese sauce by melting the butter in a milkpan on a low heat.
- Add a drop of milk into the cornflour to make a paste, then stir in the rest of the milk.
- Whisk the milk and water into the melted butter and simmer until the sauce thickens, make sure you are continuously whisking.
- Whisk in the cheeses until all the cheese is melted.
- Drain the pasta and tip into the sauce and stir everything to combine.
NOTES:
- Cook some bacon (fat removed) under the grill and pulse in a blender to become bacon crumbs. In step 5 leave some of the cheese behind. Place the mac and cheese in an oven proof dish, add the left aside cheese and bacon crumbs and pop under a hot grill until melted and golden.
- Blitz some wholemeal bread. In step 5 save some of the cheese behind. Place the mac and cheese in an oven proof dish, sprinkle over the breadcrumbs and left aside cheese and grill until golden and melted.
- In step 6 stir through some chilli con carne for a chilli mac and cheese.
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