Adapted from https:\/\/www.bbcgoodfood.com\/recipes\/8834\/bestever-macaroni-cheese<\/p>\n
Ingredients<\/strong> Method<\/strong> Variations<\/strong> Adapted from https:\/\/www.bbcgoodfood.com\/recipes\/8834\/bestever-macaroni-cheese Ingredients 4 tbsp butter 350g spiral or other short pasta 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tsp English mustard powder 6 tbsp plain flour 1 litre semi-skimmed milk 250g\/to taste mature cheddar\/any combination of strong cheese, grated or chopped into small pieces strong hard cheese, grated for topping Fresh breadcrumbs for topping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6369"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6376,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utilitygirl.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n4 tbsp butter
\n350g spiral or other short pasta
\n2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
\n2 tsp English mustard powder
\n6 tbsp plain flour
\n1 litre semi-skimmed milk
\n250g\/to taste mature cheddar\/any combination of strong cheese, grated or chopped into small pieces
\nstrong hard cheese, grated for topping
\nFresh breadcrumbs for topping<\/p>\n
\nHeat oven to 200C\/fan 180C\/gas 6.
\nBoil the pasta for 2 mins less than stated on the pack. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a saucepan.
\nAdd the garlic and mustard, cook for 1 min, then stir in the flour.
\nCook for 1 min more, then gradually whisk in the milk until you have a lump-free sauce. Simmer for 5 mins, whisking all the time until thickened.
\nTake off the heat, then stir in the cheese.
\nStir the pasta and some seasoning into the cheesy sauce. Tip into a large ovenproof dish, or 4 individual dishes.
\nScatter over the hard cheese, then cover with breadcrumbs, then bake for 20 mins until crisp and golden. Can be frozen before baking \u00e2\u20ac\u201c defrost thoroughly before cooking.<\/p>\n
\nAdditions to the sauce: leeks\/onions, bacon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"