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blue cheese, camembert, cheddar, cheese, evaporated milk, food, forever nigella, macaroni, nigella lawson, pasta, vegetarian
This is express sofa food. The versatility of Mac ‘n Cheese makes it a midweek lifesaver after a busy day, using whatever favourite cheeses you have lurking in the fridge. Also the frugality of it’s ingredients a winner when pursestrings are stretched or you haven’t had time to shop. This is a part-steal adaptation from ‘Nigella Express’ and an entry to Forever Nigella, using evaporated milk instead of the laborious task of making a bechamel cheese sauce and I’ve added flaked almonds which gives the dish bite and texture. I’ve often made this the night before, refrigerating, and then baked it the following day. Feel free to substitute the cheeses to suit whatever you have. Real fast food.
Serves 4
You will Need -
250g dried macaroni
410g tin evaporated milk
100g cheddar cheese, grated
50g camembert, rind removed
50g parmesan, grated
50g Blue cheese
2 eggs
250ml / 1 cup milk
1 tsp Djon mustard
2 tbsp flaked almonds
Half a nutmeg grated
salt and white pepper
To Do -
Pre-heat the oven to 220C.
Cook the macaroni according to the packet instructions.
In a food processor, or in a large bowl place all of the other ingredients and mix or whizz for a minute.
When the macaroni is cooked and drained, pour this cheese sauce over and mix well.
Put this into a baking dish sprinkling with flaked almonds and bake for about 10-15 minutes.
Enjoy!
Definitely a favourite Nigella recipe of mine and inspired to use four cheeses in it. Would love to incorporate this idea next time I make it!
Thanks for taking part in Forever Nigella!
This looks delicious. I made another one of Nigella’s mac and cheese recipes which also turned out to be very good. This one looks better and I want to try it soon.
Thanks Laura, it’s a handy dish to have in the recipe armoury
I love it!! The presentation is wonderful, and you can never have enough cheese!! Thank you so much for sharing!
For me as an ardent cheese-lover this looks like a Not To Be Missed meal! The addition of the flaked almonds is a nice touch.
You’ll definately enjoy this one then Mark. Cheese & chocolate – so many varieties, so little time!
I have a friend who is allergic to milk (her throat swells up, poor thing), but she’ll still eat dairy when it’s worth the pain. This definitely looks like one of those recipes worth the pain. Yum! ~Ruth
Wow, your friend sounds brave, hope this gives her more pleasure than pain!