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Macaroni cheese with bacon and tomato |

Posted by Graham in Featured Recipe, Festive, Pasta on March 30, 2010 | 25 responses
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Fancy mac and cheese

Macaroni and cheese is such an easy meal that is loved by most families. Here is a great way to fancy up a macaroni and cheese by adding other flavors that are more often than not favorites in most households. I am a big fan of bacon but do sometimes add sausage sliced instead. Have a party and make this macaroni and cheese to suit your family. (4 people)

What you need

180 – 200g macaroni or any small shell pasta
6 rashers of bacon chopped
3 heaped tablespoons butter
1 onion finely chopped
1/2 green pepper finely chopped
1 teaspoon mustard powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/4 cup cake flour
1 cup milk
1 tin (420g) tomato soup
1 1/2 cups grated cheddar cheese
Salt to taste

The process

Cook your pasta in a large pot of fast boiling water to al dente, drain.

While that’s on the go cook your bacon and set aside.

In a new pot on a medium heat, melt the butter and gently cook the onions and green pepper until they are soft. Don’t let the butter brown.

Now add the bacon, mustard, paprika and stir for about 2 minutes, then toss in the flour and stir constantly until you see the mixture bubble and thicken.

Combine the milk and the soup in a bowl and pour into the pot gradually, stirring all the time. Keep stirring until you have a gleaming and reasonably thick sauce going.

Now for the fun part. Add most of the cheese (about 2/3) and all of the cooked pasta to the sauce mixture. Stir to combine well and then remove from the stove.

Now pour the whole lot into an oven dish, sprinkle over the last of the cheese and perhaps a few slices of fresh tomato and some extra bacon bits, place under the grill in your oven to brown the top and you are done.

It’s fabulous and will become one of your favorites. Here is a more traditional macaroni and cheese recipe.

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25 Responses to “Macaroni cheese with bacon and tomato”

  1. teenchefkhel says:
    April 24, 2012 at 9:27 am

    my followers love your foods and it helps me to gain more followers….

    thanks for that yummy food that i share to my blog!!

    more foods to come…hahahaha

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  2. Jo_P says:
    February 3, 2012 at 6:43 pm

    DAY 2: Yet another stellar recipe. Thanks Graham. I made this last night and it was a HIT! My husband has band rehearsal on Thursday evening and gets home quite late so is always weary to eat too much but this dish had him getting seconds within minutes of polishing his first plate. The left overs were enjoyed by all today! Thanks again. Home now to make Coconut Beef Curry!

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  3. Andrieshia says:
    November 20, 2011 at 1:55 pm

    Hi, net so lekker pasta resep. My man het dit eendag gemaak toe ek by my dogter se skool moes wees.
    Nou is dit n resep wat weekliks gemaak word net deur hom.
    Dankie vir al die wonderlike resepte Graham!!!

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    • Graham says:
      November 20, 2011 at 11:55 pm

      Dis n plesier Andreshia, as ek iemand in die kombuis kan kry en geniet dit om to kook, is my werk hier gedoen (sorry about the Afrikaans.. I’m tryong) G

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  4. Matt says:
    September 15, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Howsit Graham

    I did this dish for my wife a few months ago and it rocked!!! we wanted it a few weeks ago but could not remember the site i found it on until now!! Thanks for your rocking recipe man,copied and pasted to my iphone never to be lost again!\

    Cheers
    Matt

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  5. Rochelle says:
    May 26, 2011 at 4:12 pm

    Wow, what an awesome recipe. I must say I was sceptical about the tomatoe soup and I never follow recipes but was lacking inspiration for my pasta crazed man! Its completely moorish, my diet is cursing you! I also made your Oxtail recipe today which is sitting in the oven and is amazing!! (I am off work and bored so cooking up a storm!). Thanks for both recipes, I’ve bookmarked your page :)

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    • Graham says:
      May 27, 2011 at 1:46 pm

      Hi Rochelle, thanks so much for letting us all know and really glad you are having fun with the recipes. You enjoy your leave and feed that man… Cheers for now, delicious days G

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  6. Anita says:
    March 29, 2011 at 8:33 am

    Hi, I did a variation of this recipe tonight. Really yum but admittedly still not quite as good as mums =)
    Thanks for the recipe im sure it will be a repeat

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