Smoked Haddock, Pea and Chorizo Macaroni Cheese

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Seafood Shack: Food & Tales from Ullapool

By Kirsty Scobie and Fenella Renwick

Published 2020

  • About

If you feel like jazzing up your mac and cheese, try this. The smoked haddock and chorizo gives it an amazing smoky flavour and the peas freshen it up. A great way to get your kids to eat more fish! Smoked trout also works really well as an alternative to smoked haddock.

Ingredients

  • 100 g butter
  • 1 onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove

Method

Put a large saucepan on a medium heat and add the butter, onion, garlic and chilli, then let it all sweat off for a good eight to ten minutes until everything is nice and soft and very sweet. Make sure you keep stirring so nothing burns. Crumble in the stock cube along with plenty of black pepper, and fry off for another minute before adding the flour. Cook for a minute or two to make a roux, t