Maccaroni & cheese

Name: Maccaroni & cheese
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 500 grams maccaroni; 500 grams bacon (diced); 250 ml milk; 4 tbsp flour; ground nutmeg; salt; 250 grams cheddar cheese (grated); 75 grams butter

sabrina.cuerden @cook_3793988

Johannesburg, Gauteng

This time I used peri-peri chorizo instead of bacon

sabrina.cuerden @cook_3793988

Johannesburg, Gauteng

This time I used peri-peri chorizo instead of bacon

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Ingredients

1 hour

4 servings

500 gramsmaccaroni
500 gramsbacon (diced)
250 mlmilk
4 tbspflour
ground nutmeg
salt
250 gramscheddar cheese (grated)
75 gramsbutter

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Steps

1 hour

1

Fry the bacon until crispy. Set aside.
2

In a separate pot melt the butter. Add the flour and stir.
3

Add the milk a little bit and the time. Keep stirring to remove all the lumps. You can add water to make more sauce. Add flour if you need to thicken.
4

Cook the maccaroni.
5

When satisfied that you have enough sauce add about 3/4 of the grated cheese.
6

Mix the drained pasta, fried bacon and about 3/4 of the cheese sauce and put it into your chosen oven dish.
7

Cover the top of the pasta with the remainder of the white sauce and grated cheese.
8

Put in the oven at 200°C for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is nicely melted.

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sabrina.cuerden @cook_3793988

on November 12, 2014 14:55

Johannesburg, Gauteng

I like simple dishes that are quick and tasty. I also tend to prefer one pot cooking, so there is less to wash!!My mother is Italian, my father is French and I live in South Africa, my meals are never predictable ;-)