Macaroni Cheese with bacon & blue cheese

Name: Macaroni Cheese with bacon & blue cheese
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 25 g butter; 125 g elbow macaroni; 1 tbsp flour; 1 dl white wine (or chicken stock or milk); 3 dl whole milk; 2 tsp mustard; 1 tsp smoked paprika; Castello® Burger blue; 150 g Castello® Tickler™ extra mature cheddar; 150 g bacon

Cook 45 Min (minutes) 4 servings

Swing for the fences with this home run of a dish – our recipe for Mac 'n Blue Cheese with Bacon intrigues in ways that entices even the pickiest of eaters. Presenting itself as an intense twist on a savoury classic, this blue cheese mac and cheese offers plenty in the way of tenderness and full-bodied flavours.

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Ingredients

25 g butter
125 g elbow macaroni
1 tbsp flour
1 dl white wine (or chicken stock or milk)
3 dl whole milk
2 tsp mustard
1 tsp smoked paprika
Castello® Burger blue
150 g Castello® Tickler™ extra mature cheddar
150 g bacon

Preparation

Preparation

1. Cook the elbow macaroni.

2. Roughly dice half the bacon and finely dice the remainder then cook on a hot pan until crisp.

3. In a pan melt butter and whisk in flour. Add white wine (or chicken stock) and whole milk. Let it simmer until it reaches a thick and creamy texture. Add smoked paprika and mustard.

4. Remove the sauce from the heat and stir in grated Castello® Tickler Extra Mature Cheddar, half the crisp bacon and Castello Burger Blue. Stir in the cooked elbow macaroni and then put in a greased pan.

5. Top with the rest of the bacon and Castello® Burger Blue. Bake in the oven at 200° C for about 20 minutes or until the cheese takes on a bit of colour.