Mac n Cheese

Ingredients

• Macaroni pasta - 250 g
• Butter, salted - 50 g
• Plain flour - 1/4 cup
• Milk - 2 cups
• 1 small onion

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• Dry mustard - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - 1/4 tsp
• Grated tasty cheese - 2 cups
• Two strips of bacon
• Breadcrumbs - ½ cup

Method

• Cook the macaroni in boiling water - add salt to the water.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan.
• Chop the onion finely and fry in the butter.
• Remove from the heat and mix in the flour until smooth.
• Return to the heat and cook stirring until the mixture is frothy.
• Mix in the mustard.
• Remove from the heat and mix in a little milk at a time, stirring after each addition until smooth.
• Return to the heat and cook until the sauce boils and thickens.

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• Mix in the salt and cheese.
• Drain pasta well, shaking the macaroni to remove as much water as possible.
• Add the pasta to the sauce and mix well.
• Cut the bacon into small pieces and mix through the pasta and sauce mix.
• Put the mix into the baking tray.
• Put the breadcrumbs and the rest of the chopped bacon into the frying pan and lightly toast.
• Sprinkle onto the top of the pasta and sauce mix.
• Bake in the oven until golden brown.

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