Hawksmoor's macaroni cheese

Hawksmoor's macaroni cheese

Macaroni cheese - a comfort classic to end all others. This recipe is from London's American-style steakhouse, Hawksmoor

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cook the pasta until al dente and drain.
  2. Warm the milk in a pan (don't let it boil) and add the garlic, onion, bay leaves and nutmeg. While the milk is warming, melt the butter in a separate pan then add the flour and cook to make a roux, constantly stirring for 2-3 minutes on a low heat. When the milk is almost boiling, strain, then slowly whisk into the roux until it thickens. Add the Stilton and 2/3 of the parmesan and Cheddar to create the cheese sauce. Mix the sauce with the pasta and pour into an ovenproof baking dish, sprinkling the rest of the grated parmesan and Cheddar on top. Bake in the oven until golden and bubbling.

Hawksmoor, 157 Commercial Street, London E1

Per serving

908 kcalories, protein 37,9g, carbohydrate 98,3g, fat 43,1 g, saturated fat 26,2g, fibre 3,8g, salt 1,68 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2007.

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  • 29 December 2007

    yummy commented on this recipe

    How much onion should you add please? I left it out in the end!

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  • 01 January 2008

    yummy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty, hearty comfort food! :D

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  • 21 January 2008

    Isobel commented on this recipe

    Can you use another cheese other than Stilton?

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  • 02 October 2008

    Kirsten rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Very easy to make, but next time I would leave the flavours to infuse in the milk for longer and use more stilton and less cheddar. I used a whole onion to flavour the milk.

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  • 26 January 2011

    Constanze commented on this recipe

    There are No onions in this recipe. It calls for ONE GARLIC CLOVE ( roughly chopped )!

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  • 14 February 2011

    Erin rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    wow - probably the most delish mac & cheese i have made, but more suitable for adults i would think. nothing wrong with adult mac & cheese though! i did use an onion as one of the aromatics to flavour the milk. i think it may have been left out of the ingredients list judging by the first sentence in step 2. lovely with a tossed italian salad.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 40 mins

Ingredients

  • 400g pasta (preferably long thin fagiolini lisci)
  • 800ml full-fat milk
  • 1 garlic clove , roughly chopped
  • 2 bay leaves
  • a pinch freshly grated nutmeg
  • 60g butter
  • 60g plain flour
  • 100g Stilton , crumbled
  • 75g parmesan , grated
  • 75g Montgomery cheddar , or use a mature cheddar
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Per serving

908 kcalories, protein 37,9g, carbohydrate 98,3g, fat 43,1 g, saturated fat 26,2g, fibre 3,8g, salt 1,68 g

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