Old fashioned baked macaroni and cheese

What to add to macaroni and cheese?

Boost the vegetable count in this macaroni cheese by adding cooked broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, leeks, carrots or slices of tomato on the top.

Cooked, mashed squash will make the cheese sauce orange, but delicious.

If you want to make your mac and cheese more indulgent, try adding a breadcrumb topping and pieces of cooked bacon or prosciutto, as Rick Stein does in his.

What kind of cheese is best in macaroni cheese?

Most of the flavour in the dish comes from cheese, so use varieties you like the taste of.

It’s good to use a mixture of cheeses for a more rounded flavour, but the bulk of your cheese should be an easy-melting variety (like cheddar, double gloucester, red leicester, gruyère, taleggio, Monterey Jack and fontina). Hard cheeses, like Parmesan, don’t melt as well but bring great flavour so are best reserved for the topping as they could make your sauce grainy.

If you love smoky flavours try using smoked cheddar and a little chipotle paste like the Hairy Bikers.

It's best to avoid the pre-grated cheese y

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