Photo: Alexander Maasch
Best-ever macaroni cheese with crunch crumb
13 ingredients
40 min
Serves 5
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Need cheering up? This pasta bake features bacon and Parmesan with a cheddar white sauce - a comfort food classic
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 ·
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