Original Flava honey mac 'n' cheese - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Food Original Flava honey mac ‘ n’ cheese By You Magazine - August 25, 2019 Our stomachs growl thinking of this. Everyone knows mac ’n’ cheese but in the Caribbean we really flava it up – at parties it’s the first to go. We serve it as a side alongside some chicken, rice and salad. You’ve got to try it and feel da’ flava. Matt Russell 2019 SERVES 6-8 1 tbsp vegetable oil 1 medium onion, finely diced 2 tsp salt 1kg dried macaroni 1 tbsp butter 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 500ml evaporated or whole milk 2 eggs, beaten 100g plain flour 1 tsp mustard 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp honey, plus extra to taste 1 tsp chilli powder 1 scotch bonnet pepper, deseeded and diced 300g red Leicester cheese, grated 300g mild Cheddar, grated 300g mozzarella, grated 50g cream crackers, crushed into very fine crumbs (or use cheese crackers or Doritos) 1. Preheat the oven to 180C/ 160C fan/gas 4. Heat the oil in a pan over a medium heat then add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, or until soft. Set aside. 2. Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add the salt and macaroni then cook for 10 minutes (do not fully cook as it will also go in the oven). Drain, return to the pan, add the butter and 1 tsp black pepper and mix well. 3. For the sauce, pour the milk into a bowl then add the eggs, flour, mustard, paprika, honey, chilli powder, remaining pepper, scotch bonnet and softened onion. Add 100g of each cheese to the mixture and whisk. 4. Pour the sauce on to the pasta and stir; this should give it a creamy, cheesy look. Get a large casserole dish and spoon in a layer of macaroni, about one third of the dish height, then sprinkle with a third of the remaining cheeses. Add another layer of macaroni and sprinkle with more cheeses. Repeat these steps until you’ve used all the pasta, saving a good amount of cheese for the top layer. 4. Once the top layer is covered with cheeses, give it more added flava by sprinkling over the cracker crumbs, then bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until the inside is bubbling and the top is crispy. Once cooked, drizzle extra honey over to taste. Buy the book with 20 per cent off Original Flava: Caribbean Recipes From Home by Craig and Shaun McAnuff is published by Bloomsbury, price £22. To order a copy for £17.60 until 8 September call 0844 571 0640; p&p is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Kids can eat for free at these restaurants during October half-term How to make the viral negroni sbagliato with prosecco at home 7 Halloween recipes with serious hex factor Popular in Food Gabriela Peacock 14-day plan Anytime baked eggs May 23, 2021 Joe Wicks’ maple-glazed chicken thighs with Asian slaw June 6, 2021 Mary Berry is returning to TV screens for a brand new June 15, 2021 Eleanor Maidment My summer taste notes July 4, 2021 Uyen Luu’ s sticky mustard marmalade ribs July 25, 2021 Annie Bell’ s white peach bellinis recipe August 8, 2021 M& S has launched a new crunchy Caramilk-inspired golden chocolate spread August 24, 2021 Deliciously preserved pickle and jam recipes September 19, 2021 Gordon Ramsay’ s bang bang cauliflower October 3, 2021 Wow right now Clodagh McKenna’ s speedy family dinners October 24, 2021 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved