Easiest Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Green Mac and Cheese

  • PREP TIME
    PT23M
  • COOK TIME
    PT59M
  • DATE
    12/10/2020
  • NUTRITION
    280 calories

Green Mac and Cheese

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, green mac and cheese. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Mac and Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Green Mac and Cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have green mac and cheese using 23 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Green Mac and Cheese:
  1. Prepare Macaroni
  2. Prepare 280 grams macaroni
  3. Get 1.5 litre water
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  5. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  6. Make ready Green Paste
  7. Take 2 cloves garlic
  8. Make ready 1 sprig rosemary (2 if you fancy)
  9. Get 1 tbsp butter
  10. Take 60 grams spinach (or any kinds of greens you have in your fridge)
  11. Prepare 30 grams parsley
  12. Take Cheese Sauce
  13. Prepare 50 grams butter
  14. Take 800 grams half-and-half
  15. Make ready 64 grams all purpose flour
  16. Prepare 1 tbsp salt
  17. Get 1 tsp dried basil
  18. Take 1 tsp pepper
  19. Get 255 grams quick-melted cheese (I use soft cheddar)
  20. Take Topping (optional)
  21. Get Butter
  22. Make ready Cheese
  23. Make ready Cream
Steps to make Green Mac and Cheese:
  1. Prepare all ingredients
  2. Cook the macaroni in simmering water with vegetable oil and salt until al dente (you can chew it but not 100% cooked so you won’t have overcooked macaroni on your plate later). Strain the macaroni
  3. Throw all of your green paste ingredients into food processor
  4. Make sure you have a smooth looking paste. Do not worry over the smell. It’ll taste good I promise
  5. Melt the butter on a pan to start working on the cheese sauce
  6. Pour in the half-and-half and add add the flour before the mixture start to simmer. Your mixture will start to thicken so mix it well with a whisker
  7. Add 4 tablespoonful of the green paste and mix well. Add salt, pepper, and basil. Don’t forget to taste
  8. Add the macaroni and then gently fold it in
  9. I cut my cheese into boxes (just because I hate washing cheese shredder) then add them to the pan. Fold them in gently
  10. There you have it! Your green mac and cheese. I love to add a pice of butter to my plate of pasta for some extra richness
  11. Feel free to add some cheese or both cheese and cream over your mac and cheese in a butter-lined baking dish and continue cooking it in 180 degrees Celcius oven for 10 minutes

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