Mac 'n’ cheese with bacon

Name: Mac 'n’ cheese with bacon
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 handful breadcrumbs fresh and chunky; olive oil; 1 tbsp butter; 1 clove garlic finely chopped; 1 tsp mustard powder; 1 tbsp plain flour; 250ml whole milk; 100g Red Leicester grated; 175g rigatoni or other short pasta; 4 slices streaky bacon grilled until crisp

Published: December 19, 2014 at 2:30 PM

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Serves 2

Easy

Total time: 45 mins

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How do you make mac 'n' cheese better? Add bacon of course! This oozing cheesy pasta bake is also rich with Red Leicester and finished with a crunchy breadcrumb topping. Double up the recipe for a family meal

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Ingredients

Nutrition

1 handful breadcrumbs

fresh and chunky
olive oil
1 tbsp butter
1 clove garlic

finely chopped
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tbsp  plain flour
250ml whole milk
100g Red Leicester

grated
175g rigatoni or other short pasta
4 slices streaky bacon

grilled until crisp

Nutrition: per serving

kcal811
fat36.8g
saturates19.7g
carbs88.5g
fibre3.3g
protein37.1g
salt2.69g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200c/fan 180c/gas 6. Put the breadcrumbs on a baking sheet, drizzle with oil, season, and bake for 5 minutes.
step 2

Melt the butter in a pan. Add the garlic and mustard and cook for 1 minute. Add the flour and whisk on a low heat for 1 minute. Gradually whisk in the milk, then bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer until thick (about 4 minutes). stir in the cheese until melted.
step 3

Boil the pasta until al dente, drain and mix with the cheese sauce and bacon. Spoon into 2 large ramekins. Top each with breadcrumbs and bake for 20 minutes until golden.

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