Macaroni Cheese Hack

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

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

2025 Oct

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.