GREEN MAC & CHEESE

GREEN MAC & CHEESE

Preheat oven to highest grill setting.

110 gm warrigal greens (you can use spinach leaves instead)

3 garlic cloves

1/2 lemon (juice)

500gm macaroni pasta (small elbows)

100gm butter

100gm plain flour

1ltr milk

1 whole nutmeg

250gm tasty cheese (grated)

110gm mozzarella cheese (grated)

EVOO

Salt

  1. Start by bringing a pot of water to a rolling boil. Add in your warrigal greens and cook for 4-5 minutes (until tender and bright green). If using spinach this will cook a lot faster, around a minute so muscly blanch and remove when bright green. Add into food processor with garlic, lemon juice and enough EVOO to just coat the ingredients. Add EVOO bit by bit until you have a smoothy and runny green oily sauce. Season with salt to taste.

  2. USing the same pot of boiling water, bring to a rolling boil again and cook your macaroni pasta to just off al dente. Strain and leave to cool.

  3. To create your cheesy béchamel, add your butter to a pot on medium heat. Once it melts, stir in your flour and cook out for a minute (until its come together with butter to create a roux). Add in your milk and whisk continually until its reduced into a glossy béchamel. Turn heat to lowest setting and grate in some fresh nutmeg (I do a lot, but its up to you), whisk in. Add in all of your tasty cheese and stir in. Turn off heat once cheese has melted in. Stir in your bright green sauce and then stir through your macaroni.

  4. Pour green Mac into tray and cover with mozzarella cheese and drizzle of oil. Grill in oven until dark golden and bubbly.