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Mac and Cheese

Name: Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400 g macaroni; 50 g butter; 50 g plain flour; 600 ml milk; 200 g mature cheddar; 100 g gruyère; 1 tsp English mustard; 50 g breadcrumbs; nutmeg

Outrageously cheesy with a crispy breadcrumb top. The definition of comfort.

Chef Marcus

Prep 10m · Cook 30mServes 4Easy

american pasta cheese comfort family baking

Ingredients

Serves 4

400 gmacaroni
50 gbutter
50 gplain flour
600 mlmilk
200 gmature cheddar, grated
100 ggruyère, grated
1 tspEnglish mustard
50 gbreadcrumbs
nutmeg, pinch

Cook this

Method

1
Cook macaroni until just under al dente. Drain.
8 min
2
Make cheese sauce: melt butter, add flour, gradually add milk. Stir in most of the cheese, mustard and nutmeg.
10 min
3
Mix pasta and sauce. Pour into a dish. Top with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
3 min
4
Bake at 200°C for 20 minutes until golden and bubbling.
20 min

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