Macaroni Cheese

Oh what a freezing cold day, we've snow, sleet, rain and now ice, the view is so lovely. Everywhere is a lovely shade of white, absolutely beautiful.

Looked in the fridge and found a jug full of cooked pasta and i thought its to cold for pasta salad so pasta bake it is.

This makes a meal for four people.

Macaroni cheese

500g of dried pasta

2 tablespoons of butter

2 heaped tablespoons of plain flour

1 pint of milk

50g of strong mature cheddar

1 tablespoon of mustard

1 tomato sliced (optional)

Place 500 grams of uncooked pasta and cook till done. Once cooked place pasta into a large oven proof dish ready for when you place the sauce over it.

 

Melt butter in a pan

 

Once the butter has melted stir in the plain flour.stir till its a thickish paste

 

Gradulally stir in the cold milk till it smooth and cream with a whisk.

 

Carry on stirring till smooth and creamy.

 

Add cheese and stir till melted, stir in mustard.

Place cooked pasta into a dish and lay the cheese sauce over it, till pasta is all covered.

I added sliced tomatoes to the top and a sprinkling of cheese

and plae in oven on gas mark 4  or 180 degrees in an electric oven

 

Now as i'm  to cheap to but macaroni pasta i just use what i have.

500g sainsburys basic pasta 39p

1 pint of milk 25p (taken from 2l milk container £1 tesco milk)

50g cheese 43p (taken from 350g cheese pack £2.98)

2tbsp plain flour 3p (from 1kilo bag 45p)

mustard 6p(jar was 45p)

tomato 10p

So the price i think is £1.26 in total give or take and works out about 32p each.

We sometimes serve this with home made bread and salad if we have less leftover pasta.

The sauce should last a few days in the fridge and freezes well.

Till tomorrow

Kez