MACARONI AND CHEESE WITH SMOKED CHEESE AND BACON GRILLERS

Recipe and photo: Elsabie Templeton
Total comfort food tonight.

• 2 cups of macaroni, cooked per instructions
• 1 packet of mini smoked cheese and bacon grillers
• 1 liter milk, made into medium thick white sauce
• 2 cups coarsely grated strong Cheddar cheese
• Fry the grillers in little oil until brown around and cooked inside. Cut into smaller pieces.
• Make white sauce and stir 1 cup of cheese through the hot sauce.
• Spray a 2 liter sized oven proof dish with spray and cook.
• Drain the macaroni and stir the cheese sauce and pieces of grillers through.
• Spoon into the dish, smooth the top and sprinkle the extra cup of cheese over.
• Grill until the cheese melts and serve immediately.
• MEDIUM THICK BASIC WHITE SAUCE
• 30 g/30 ml butter/margarine
• 30 g/50 ml cake flour
• 250 ml milk
• These amounts yields approximately 300 ml sauce.
• Add a pinch of pepper and 2,5 ml salt for a basic white sauce
• Heat the milk in a microwave safe jug until it starts to foam. In another jug (measuring big enough to add the milk too) melt the butter in microwave and stir the flour in.
• Add the hot milk to the butter and flour mixture while stirring with a whisk to blend well.
• Return to the microwave and cook on full power until the sauce is smooth and thickened while stirring every 30 seconds with a whisk. Season with salt and pepper.