How to Make Award-winning Green Mac and Cheese

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, green mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Green Mac and Cheese is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Green Mac and Cheese is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular 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 that.

The ingredients needed to make Green Mac and Cheese:

1. Take Macaroni
2. Prepare 280 grams macaroni
3. Take 1.5 litre water
4. Take 1 tbsp vegetable oil
5. Get 1 tsp salt
6. Make ready Green Paste
7. Take 2 cloves garlic
8. Get 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. Make ready 30 grams parsley
12. Make ready Cheese Sauce
13. Get 50 grams butter
14. Make ready 800 grams half-and-half
15. Prepare 64 grams all purpose flour
16. Take 1 tbsp salt
17. Get 1 tsp dried basil
18. Take 1 tsp pepper
19. Prepare 255 grams quick-melted cheese (I use soft cheddar)
20. Prepare Topping (optional)
21. Get Butter
22. Prepare Cheese
23. Prepare Cream

Instructions 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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