Scrummy Mac 'N' Cheese

I made a creamy Mac 'N' Cheese tonight which worked out well. For once James didn't need prompted on his opinion. Just demanded if there was more because he liked it. High praise from him!

I don't mean this Mac N Cheese from Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends, although I still love this show despite being a mature 26 year old! If you haven't seen it you have to! It's just a nice wee kids show.

Ingredients:


About 270g dried macaroni
4 tablespoons of butter
4 tablespoons of plain flour
1 cup of milk
200g cream cheese
1/2 teaspoon of salt
A pinch or two of paprika
250g cheddar cheese grated, about 50gish should be left aside to place on top of the breadcrumbs at the end!
I slice of bread worth of breadcrumbs - I used a brown farmhouse loaf.


Method:


(1) Preheat your oven to 200 degrees celsius 
(2) Cook macaroni to pack instructions, drain and set aside
(3) Melt butter at a low heat then add in the flour, salt and paprika whisking it as you go
(4) Add your milk and cream cheese in a little at a time, the key it to stir this sauce the whole way through so keep going with it!
(5) Bring to the boil for 2 mins and keep stirring
(6) Then lower the heat to a simmer and stir for 10 mins!!
(7) Add about 200g of your grated cheese a little at a time - stir
(8) Take off the heat and mix in your macaroni
(9) Pop into a greased oven-proof dish, add a little butter to your breadcrumbs and mix it together, then pop it on top of your mac n cheese. Add the last of your cheese to the breadcrumbs.
(10) Shove it in the oven for about 20 mins until the top it golden brown then serve


Hope you guys like it too

xx