Cheese Pasta Bake
- 350 g pasta
- 50 g flour
- 50 g butter
- 500 ml milk
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 150 g speck
- 200 g swiss brown mushrooms, sliced
- salt
- pepper
- 50 cheese, grated
- 30 g parmesan cheese, grated
- Cook pasta in lightly salted water, drain and set aside.
- Slice mushrooms and dice speck into small pieces.
- Throw both of those in a pan to wilt the mushrooms and cook the speck.
- In a separate medium sized saucepan, melt the butter, tip in the flour and stir.
- Cook for one minute, then pour in a little of the milk.
- Keep adding the milk, little by little and stirring all the time to get rid of any lumps.
- Add the garlic and bay leaf to the sauce, along with some pepper and salt.
- Once the sauce is hot and thickened, remove from the heat and add the 50g grated cheese.
- Fold the pasta through your warm mushie mix.
- Remove the bay leaf from the sauce and fold that through too.
- Top with the parmesan and heat under a hot grill for 5-10 minutes till crisp and golden.
pasta, flour, butter, bay leaf, garlic, speck, swiss brown mushrooms, salt, pepper, cheese, parmesan cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cheese-pasta-bake-463863 (may not work)