Mac and cheese with bacon

Name: Mac and cheese with bacon
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 400 g dried macaroni pasta; 1 onion chopped; 300 g grated mature cheddar cheese; 1 pint milk; Half veg stock cube; 1 tsp English mustard; 1 tsp dried basil; Ground black pepper; 50 g butter; 50 g plain flour; 3 slices white bread; 200 g lardons

Lesley Rigden @lesleyb

Mac and cheese with bacon

Lesley Rigden @lesleyb

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Ingredients

4 servings

400 gdried macaroni pasta
1onion chopped
300 ggrated mature cheddar cheese
1 pintmilk
Halfveg stock cube
1 tspEnglish mustard
1 tspdried basil
Ground black pepper
50 gbutter
50 gplain flour
3 sliceswhite bread
200 glardons

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Steps

1

Cook pasta as per instructions. Set aside and leave in cold water to stop it sticking together
2

Make the bread into breadcrumbs with 50gs of the cheese
3

Fry bacon into crispy and drain.
4

Fry onions in till soften,
5

Add butter and flour and stir
6

Add milk, mustard, basil, pepper, and half of stock cube and stir till thickened.
7

Stir in the remaining grated cheese and stir in bacon
8

Drain pasta and add to the sauce and stir through.
9

Top with breadcrumb mixture
10

Bake in a pre heated oven at 200 until topping is crispy and golden.