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Summertime mac 'n' cheese

Summertime mac 'n' cheese

Sweetcorn and spinach add a seasonal boost of colour and freshness to this crowd-pleasing classic.

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Vegetarian
  • Serves4
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare10 mins
  • Cook25 mins
  • Total time35 mins

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Ingredients

  • 30g Essential Unsalted Dairy Butter
  • 30g Essential Plain Flour
  • 500ml essential Waitrose semi skimmed milk
  • 350g dried penne or fusilli pasta
  • 200g Essential Frozen Sweetcorn
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 200g Essential Mature Cheddar, grated
  • 120g pack baby spinach
  • Green salad, to serve (optional)

Method

  1. Preheat the grill to medium-high. Heat the butter in a large saucepan over a medium-high heat. When foaming, add the flour and stir for 2 minutes over the heat to form a paste. Add the milk a little at a time, stirring as you go, to make a smooth sauce. Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta for 2 minutes less than pack instructions. About 4-5 minutes before the end of cooking, add the sweetcorn.

  2. Once all the milk is incorporated into the flour and butter, stir in the mustard and salt then simmer for 4-5 minutes, stirring regularly, until slightly thickened and silky. Lower the heat and stir in ¾ of the Cheddar until melted.

  3. Drain the pasta and sweetcorn and add to the cheese sauce with the spinach. Stir over a low heat for 1 minute until the spinach has just wilted slightly. Tip into an ovenproof dish, scatter over the remaining cheese and grill for 3-5 minutes until golden on top. Serve with a green salad, if liked.

Cook’s tip

If you have peas in your freezer, you can use them instead of the spinach. Just cook with the pasta at the same time as the sweetcorn.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

2,866kJ/ 684kcals

Fat

29g

Saturated Fat

17g

Carbohydrates

74g

Sugars

9.1g

Fibre

5.9g

Protein

30g

Salt

1.1g

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