MAC AND CHEESE ALA MONA-LEE
Serves 10!
500g macaroni,
500g bacon bits, fresh basil,
1 small bag cocktail tomatoes,
1 green pepper,
250g white mushrooms,
2 tsp chopped garlic,
4 eggs,
1kg cheddar cheese.
1. Brown one chopped onion.
2. Add 500g bacon bits.
3. Add 250g chopped mushrooms.
4. Add one chopped green pepper.
Stir occasionally. If it gets too watery you can just pour some out in the sink. We still have the wonderful flavour and it should not be too watery when added to the macaroni!
5. Cut the cherry tomatoes in 3-4 slices each and add to the mixture.
6. Now add black pepper, 2tsp garlic and fresh basil leaves (break the leaves with your fingers). I believe that you cant put too much basil in this dish!
7. Simmer the mixture while you prepare the macaroni as normal ( do not over cook )
8. Grate 1kg cheddar cheese and don’t forget to occasionally stir the mixture.
9. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
10. When your macaroni is done add everything together and also add 1/4 of your cheese.
11. Whisk 4 eggs and add to the mixture and stir well.
12. Pour into greased oven proof dishes (like the ones i used in the pics) and add the remaining cheese as topping.
13. Put in oven for +-15 mins then grill from the top till the cheese has a nice golden/brown colour.
14. Take out of oven and let it rest for about 10 mins with a dish towel over it.
15. Enjoy and let me know how it turned out!!!
Recipe and photo by Mona-Lee Gerber
