Sarah, from Auckland...
Mama's Macaroni Cheese
This is a delicious decadent but very basic recipe, nothing like a good macaroni cheese to warm the cockles, especially Mama's homemade recipe - delicious, always make more than you need as it gets yummier every day...
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Since October 8th
Ingredients
- 1kg Macaroni Pasta
- 250g Bacon finely chopped
- 250g Tasty Cheese grated
- 50g Tasty Cheese grated for topping
- Handful of Parsley chopped
- 100g Parmesan Cheese grated
- Nob of butter
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 2 Onions finely chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic finely chopped
- 500g Milk
- 100g Cream
- Salt + Pepper
- Oil
Directions
- Boil water as per pasta packet instructions
- Add salt and a little oil to the water
- Cook pasta
- Once al dente drain, cool with cold water and spread in suitable casserole dish
- In a frying pan heat a tablespoon of oil
- Once heated gently fry the onion and garlic for 1-2 mins
- Then add the bacon and gently fry
- Once cooked take off the element and spread evenly over and through the cooked pasta
- Melt nob of butter in saucepan
- Mix flour in a cup with 1/2 a cup of milk
- Add to saucepan and add remaining milk gradually, continuously stirring, as it thickens, then add cream
- Bring to the boil, then immediately reduce (should be slightly thickened)
- Add cheese and parmesan and salt and pepper
- Keep stirring, cheese should melt into a nice,slightly thickened cheese sauce
- Add salt and lots of pepper
- Pour cheese sauce over the pasta
- Grate 50g of extra cheese and chop parsley and put on top with extra salt and pepper
- Put in oven at 180 degrees for 20 mins to bake
- Then grill until crispy on top
- Then eat while hot and creamy!
| Serves | Cooking Time | Prep Time |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 45 | 15 |
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