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Mac n Cheese with Bacon & Peas

Servings 4

Ingredients

  • 250 grams Macaroni Pasta
  • 4 rashers of Bacon – I used streaky
  • 1 cup Frozen Peas

Cheese Sauce

  • 2 ½ Tablespoons Butter
  • 2 ½ Tablespoons Flour
  • 1 ½ - 2 cups Milk
  • Pinch Salt
  • 110 grams Cheese – I used Colby grates
  • 1 teaspoon Oil for frying

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta as per packet instructions. *OR use your precooked frozen pasta warmed up.
  2. While pasta is cooking cook bacon by heating oil in a frypan and cooking until browned on both sides. Chop once cooled slightly
  3. Now start the Cheese sauce.
  4. In a saucepan, Melt your butter. Add the flour and stir in for a minute or 2 with a wooden spoon to cook off the Flour. Now take the pan off the heat slowly and add ½ of your milk. Stir in the milk and add another ¼, if any lumps use a whisk. Put pack on the heat and gradually add the rest of your milk while stirring. You may not need the full 2 cups. Season with salt (and pepper if you desire, but my kids aren’t a fan so I leave it out). Turn the heat off and add ½ your cheese.
  5. Check your pasta and you can add your peas to the pasta to cook at the end. OR cook your peas separately in boiling water or in the microwave. Drain pasta and add the white sauce. Then the peas. Mix to combine.
  6. Add the bacon & top with cheese. Done!