https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/best-ever-macaroni-cheese-recipe

2026 Jan 2

angela really liked the onion topping joe found it littlw bland. maybe a touch of something to the sauce

• 250 grams spiral pasta
• 1 garlic clove -- diced
• 1 tsp english mustard
• 20 grams flour
• 30 grams butter
• 360 ml whole milk
• 65 grams double gloucester cheese
• 150 grams mature cheddar cheese
• 45 grams camembert
• 50 grams onion topping

• Salt + Pepper

• Begin boiling the pasta in smallest pot that can accomidate with ~1% salt by weight. Cook until very al dente (2 minutes less than instructions?).

• Make roux with butter + flour + mustard and cook for 1 minutes ( blond roux)
• Add the garlic + some black pepper and cook 30s - 1 minute more
• Whisk in cold milk, bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes whisking basically constantly
• Remove from heat, stir in cheese until well melted
• Stir in pasta, top with fried onion
• Bake for 15 minutes covered + 5 minutes uncovered at 200C. (I was a little worried about the fried onion catching, so did this).
• Rest for 5-15 minutes

2025 Oct

• 15 grams butter
• 175 gr spiral pasta
• 1 garlic clove
• 1/2 tsp English mustard
• 1.5 Tbsp plain flour
• 250 ml milk -- TODO: verify
• 80 grams mature cheddar chopped
• 40 grams pre-shredded mozzarella
• 25 grams Parmesan
• Bread crumbs with butter?

It's been several weeks since I wrote out this ingredient list. I think I mostly followed the BBC recipe, and it turned out okay? I don't really remember for sure as this was really mostly about soaking up leftovers.