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Mac and Cheese Recipe - Macaroni with 4 Cheeses DELICIOUS!
Our supremely cheesy Macaroni and Cheese Recipe is the perfect side to your meaty mains. The 4 kinds of cheese all play a part to make this the best mac 'n' cheese EVER!
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Course:
Dinner
Cuisine:
American, Italian
Prep Time:
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time:
30
minutes
minutes
Servings:
4
Calories:
Author:
Matt Dobson
Ingredients
340
g
elbow pasta
70
g
butter
60
g
plain flour
2
cups
milk
2
cups
pouring cream
3
cups
grated tasty cheese
1 1/2
cup
mozzarella cheese
grated
1 1/2
cup
cheddar cheese
grated
1/2
cup
parmesan cheese
1
teaspoon
mustard powder
1
tablespoon
tomato paste
1/4
teaspoon
cayenne pepper
optional
pinch
salt
to taste
Topping
1
cups
tasty cheese
2
tablespoons
parmesan cheese
pinch
smoky paprika
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Instructions
Preheat an oven to 180C/350F.
Cook the pasta as per the manufacturers directions.
Drain well, place in a heatproof bowl and set aside.
Cheese Sauce
Add the butter to a saucepan over medium heat.
When melted, stir through the flour to make a roux. The flour needs to be cooked but not browned, approx 2 mins stirring constantly.
Reduce the heat and slowly add 1/2 cup of milk to the roux. Whisk the milk though the mixture vigorously until there are no lumps.
Quickly add another 1/2 cup of milk and whisk again.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and whisk through the remaining milk, cream, mustard tomato paste and cayenne pepper.
Once combined add the saucepan to a medium heat. Whisk the sauce constantly until it has thickened.
Remove the saucepan from the heat and add all the cheeses. Stir the sauce until the cheeses have melted.
Season the cheese sauce with salt and pepper as desired. Stir the sauce through the pasta.
Pour the macaroni and cheese into a casserole or individual ramekins.
Sprinkle the topping ingredients evenly over the macaroni cheese.
Bake for 20 minutes or until the top is golden.
Serve immediately.