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Macaroni cheese

Everyday feel good cooking with the unbeatable combination of cheesy pasta

  • Serves4
  • 40 mins
  • 180°C/fan 160°C/gas mark 4

Emily's option

I like to add a few bits into my macaroni cheese. I love the saltiness of the bacon with sweetcorn and mushrooms. However, these are of course optional.

Ingredients

  • 200g gluten-free pasta
  • 25g butter
  • 25g gluten-free plain flour
  • 350mL milk
  • 100g mature cheddar cheese, grated
  • optional: 50g sweetcorn
  • optional: 100g mushrooms, sliced
  • optional: 4-5 rashers of pre-cooked bacon, chopped

Method

1 Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas mark 4

2 Half fill a large saucepan with water and boil. Add the pasta and cook until soft, (different pasta have different cooking times so check the box for the cooking time). Drain the pasta and put the drained pasta back into the saucepan.

3 If you’re not sure how to cook bacon, I do mine either under the grill with some foil under to catch the fat or I fry them in a frying pan on a medium to high heat. When I'm cooking the bacon, I sometimes add a few mushrooms for added flavour.

4 To make the sauce: add the gluten-free flour, butter and milk into a small pan and whisk on a high heat. When the sauce thickens bring off the heat and then add the cheese and mix until the cheese melts into the sauce (if the sauce gets too thick add a little more milk).

5 Pour the sauce over the pasta in the pan. Add your sweetcorn, pre-cooked bacon and pre-cooked mushrooms. Give another quick stir before plating up.