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Basic macaroni cheese

Name: Celeriac and potato soup with grilled cheese croutons
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Main Meals
Ingredients: large celeriac, stems and leaves intact 2,onion, skinned and chopped 1,butter 3T,potatoes, peeled and cubed 500g,vegetable stock 8cups,bay leaf 1,Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste ,slices country loaf, for serving 6,Gruyère, finely sliced 200g

By Phillippa Cheifitz

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cooking Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

250 g macaroni, cooked according to package instructions

For the basic cheese sauce

60 g butter
30 g flour
2 cups full-cream milk, heated
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Kids' Version

100 g mild Cheddar, plus extra for sprinkling, grated
30 g butter, plus extra for greasing

Grown-ups' Version

100 g goat's milk cheese (chevin)
25 g pecorino, grated
250 g mushrooms, sauteed
butter, for greasing

Method

Please the kids and impress the grown-ups with this double whammy that requires only one stint in the kitchen.

Preheat the oven to 200°C.

To make the basic cheese sauce: In a medium-sized saucepan over a medium heat, melt the butter, then whisk in the flour until smooth. Gradually whisk in the hot milk and cook, whisking, until thick and smooth. Season to taste. Divide the sauce in half. One half for the kids' version and one half for the grown ups' version.

Kids' version:

Stir 100 g mild Cheddar cheese into the basic cheese sauce and mix in half the macaroni. Turn into 2 or 3 small buttered baking dishes. Sprinkle with more Cheddar, dot with butter (use about 30 g) and place the dishes onto a baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden and bubbly.

Grown-ups' version:

Stir 100 g goat’s-milk cheese (chevin) and 25 g grated pecorino into the basic cheese sauce and mix in half the macaroni, together with 250 g sliced and sautéed mushrooms. Turn the mixture into a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with extra pecorino cheese.

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