MARVELOUS MACARONI

These cold days are perfect for indulging in a little comfort food, a chilly wait at the bus stop or a long walk home make our appetites keen,so why waste a good appetite on all the low calorie stuff that’s good for us. On your way home from work ,grab a bag of fresh or dried macaroni,some Cheddar and Cheshire cheese and that's all you need for a creamy ,delicious warming meal that’s quick and simple.

2 oz butter

2 oz plain flour

one and a half pints of milk

6 oz Cheddar cheese grated

4 oz Cheshire cheese crumbled

2 oz fresh bread crumbs

1 heaped teaspoon of made mustard

salt and pepper to taste

Set oven to 200 oC grease a large shallow dish and place a large pan of water on the heat to boil.

Melt the butter in a large pan, add the flour and stir to make a paste. When the paste begins to bubble add the milk gradually and whisk until all the paste has dissolved. Bring to the boil stirring constantly the reduce the heat a little and cook for about three minutes while continuing to stir.

Add the Cheddar cheese to the sauce and stir until all the cheese has dissolved in to the sauce, then add the mustard and season with the salt and pepper.

Put the macaroni in to the boiling water and cook following the instructions on the pack. While the pasta is cooking make the bread crumbs either in a mill of by simply rubbing the bread between your hands.

When the pasts is cooked to your satisfaction place in in the prepared dish and pour the cheese sauce evenly over, mix the crumbled Cheshire cheese with the bread crumbs and scatter over the top.

Place in the oven for fifteen minutes. Remove from the oven and serve with a very virtuous salad.

I n to this basic Macaroni cheese you may add chopped sun dried tomatoes. Diced ham. Crispy bacon, almost anything you like.

Tonight I am serving mine just as it comes with a dish of roasted stuffed peppers. Very self indulgent indeed.