Mac and cheese

Preparation: 10 minutes
Cooking: 40 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes

Ingredients

• 300 g macaroni
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled
• 150 g lardons
• 500 ml milk
• 1 tbsp mustard
• 2 tbsp plain flour
• 20 g unsalted butter
• 150 g cheddar cheese, grated
• 25 g parmesan, grated
• 2 sprigs of thyme

Method

1. Preheat KitchenAid® Multi-Cooker on manual medium setting. Add garlic,and bacon and cook for 5 minutes, with the stir tower on low speed. (1) 
2. Add all remaining ingredients except for pasta. Increase stir tower speed to medium speed (2) and continue cooking for 8 -10 minutes or until the sauce is thick. 
3. Add the cooked pasta stir until all ingredients are combined. 2-3 minutes. Serve hot.

CHEFS SUGGESTIONS1

• You can add almost any cheese to this dish simply kept total amount as in the recipe and play around with different types.
• If you want to add some crunch to the dish you can bake the finished macaroni and cheese in an oven proof dish at 200C for about 10 minutes or until golden and crispy on top.