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Macaroni and cheese with ham
Ingredients
- Salt
- 450g cavatappi (hollow corkscrew shaped pasta) or other short cut pasta
- 45g butter
- 23g all-purpose plain flour
- 240ml chicken stock
- 350ml whole milk
- Freshly ground black pepper
- A few grates nutmeg
- 90g shredded Gruyere
- 90g shredded white sharp Cheddar
- 24g Dijon mustard
- 113g French ham, deli sliced, finely chopped
Method
How to make Macaroni and cheese with ham
1) Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil, drop in pasta. Cook pasta to just shy of al dente.
2) Heat sauce pan with butter over medium heat, whisk in plain flour and cook for 1 minute, whisk in stock then milk, allow the sauce to thicken, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
3) Stir in cheeses in a figure eight motion. Stir in Dijon and ham and remove the sauce from heat. Drain pasta and combine with sauce.
