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Best-ever macaroni cheese with crunch crumb
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Best-ever macaroni cheese with crunch crumb

13 ingredients 40 min Serves 5 openrecipes
Best-ever macaroni cheese with crunch crumb

Need cheering up? This pasta bake features bacon and Parmesan with a cheddar white sauce - a comfort food classic

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1097
Calories
40g
Protein
51g
Fat
119g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Cheddar Cheese 1 oz (28g) 113
Parmesan Cheese 1 oz (28g) 110
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Macaroni not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 bay leaves - fresh if you have them
  • 1 large leek , washed and roughly chopped
  • 1.2l semi-skimmed milk
  • 100g salted butter
  • 100g plain flour
  • 1 tsp English mustard powder
  • 280g extra mature cheddar , grated
  • 50g Parmesan , finely grated
  • 450g macaroni
  • 6 spring onions , finely chopped
  • 70g pack pancetta slices
  • 2 hand-cut thick slices bread (about 2cm) from a white loaf, cubed
  • olive oil , for drizzling

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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