Step-by-Step Guide to Make Homemade Green Mac and Cheese

  • PREP TIME
    PT25M
  • COOK TIME
    PT42M
  • DATE
    27/09/2020
  • NUTRITION
    198 calories

Green Mac and Cheese

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, green mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Mac and Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Green Mac and Cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. 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. Take Macaroni
  2. Get 280 grams macaroni
  3. Take 1.5 litre water
  4. Take 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  5. Take 1 tsp salt
  6. Make ready Green Paste
  7. Get 2 cloves garlic
  8. Prepare 1 sprig rosemary (2 if you fancy)
  9. Get 1 tbsp butter
  10. Prepare 60 grams spinach (or any kinds of greens you have in your fridge)
  11. Prepare 30 grams parsley
  12. Make ready Cheese Sauce
  13. Take 50 grams butter
  14. Take 800 grams half-and-half
  15. Get 64 grams all purpose flour
  16. Make ready 1 tbsp salt
  17. Make ready 1 tsp dried basil
  18. Take 1 tsp pepper
  19. Get 255 grams quick-melted cheese (I use soft cheddar)
  20. Prepare Topping (optional)
  21. Prepare Butter
  22. Make ready Cheese
  23. Get 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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