Oven-baked Mac and cheese
A Tasty Homemade cheese sauce mixed with elbow pasta with some hidden cauliflower and broccoli.Perfectly matched with some Garlic bread.
Equipment
- 1 mixing bowl
- 1 Chopping board
- 1 Scissors
- 1 Large Saucepan
- 1 oven proof dish
- 1 Small bowl
- 1 Baking tray
Ingredients
- 400g elbow or penne pasta
- 1 small head cauliflower
- 1 small head broccoli
- 250 g Mascarpone cheese
- 250 g Mozzarella and cheddar mixed saving some for the top
- 1 Chicken stock pot
- 300 ml Warm water
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 200 g Tuc Crackers
- 6 Par baked rolls
- 200 g Butter
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 Bunch of fresh parsley
- 200g cheese puffs ( like wotsits )
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven to 180c Fan
- Prep The broccoli and cauliflower by turning each head side down and slice the florets
- Add the broccoli and cauliflower to a large saucepan with the pasta.
- Pour over warm water and simmer for 10 minutes. meanwhile we will make our Cheese sauce
- To a large mixing bowl add the Mascarpone cheese
- Pour in the warm water and stock pot and mix until the stock pot had dissolved
- Add 200g of cheddar and mozzarella mixed reserving some to sprinkle on top
- Season with salt and pepper and add the nutmeg and mustard
- When the pasta and veg has cooked al dente, drain and add it to the cheese mix
- Transfer it to an oven proof dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese and a little crushed Cracker and cheese puffs on top. Leave to one side while we make our garlic bread
- Make your garlic butter by adding 2 crushed garlic cloves and snipped fresh parsley to a small bowl, mix in the butter
- Slice the rolls in half with your scissors and butter them
- Add to a lined baking tray
- Bake both in the oven, the Mac and Cheese on the top and garlic bread in the Centre for 20 minutes
- Enjoy! Well done guys, you have made another fabulous meal!
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