After School Mac and Cheese with Crispy Bacon
Quick, easy and I promise they will come back for more!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4-5
Ingredients:
- 200g macaroni pasta
- 100g pancetta cubes or rashers (optional)
- 25g Connacht Gold Pure Irish Butter
- 25g flour
- 200ml Connacht Gold Fresh Milk
- 150ml Connacht Gold Fresh Cream
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 70g white cheddar, grated
- Salt and pepper
- Handful of fresh parsley to garnish.
Method:
- Cook the pasta as per packet instructions.
- If using the pancetta or bacon, fry until golden and set aside.
- Make a roux by melting the butter in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Add in the flour and combine; cook for 1 minute.
- Add the milk and cream to a jug and gradually whisk it into the saucepan with the roux.
- Simmer and allow the sauce to thicken. Then, add the mustard and nutmeg.
- Add the cheese and allow it to melt into the sauce.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Stain and rinse the cooked pasta.
- Add the pasta to the cheese sauce.
- Add the cooked pancetta or bacon.
- Season with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley.
Recipes
Chef Adrian
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Adrian Martin is an Irish chef brought up in County Cavan, Ireland. He trained in some of Ireland’s most renowned restaurants including MacNean House and Michelin Star restaurant, Bon Appetite in Malahide where he was head of Pastry.
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Sarah lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with her husband and their 5 kids. She began her blog in 2019 to showcase her passion for home improvement and decor and now uses her platform to showcase snippets of daily family life, baking tips and interior inspiration.
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Sarah is a Cookbook author from Co. Mayo. After 20 years working as a Graphic Designer her career curved into cooking during COVID.
She has since published three cookbook and now works full time as a food influencer teaching her simple, homecooked recipes with a focus on reducing food waste and making cooking and baking fun!
