Name: Posh Mac ‘n’ Cheese
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 large leek, finely sliced; cracked black pepper; 300 g smoked streaky bacon, chopped; 600 ml full fat milk; 100 g mature Cheddar cheese, grated; 80 g plain flour; 5 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs; 50 g spinach, sliced; ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard; salt; 250 g dry pasta; 5 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan; 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley; 80 g butter; 1 teaspoon paprika; 100 g cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 medium red pepper, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Mountain Cafe Cookbook

By Kirsten Gilmour

Published 2017

About

My favourite winter or post-exercise feast! I think this one tastes even better the next day, reheated and served with a big spoon of whatever relish or chutney you like alongside.

If you are gluten or wheat free, just use free-from pasta and flour.
Try using whatever cheese you like instead of Cheddar; Gruyère is really nice.
Go nice and slowly with your sauce – getting this right will give you a top-notch mac’n’ cheese. However, if your ch