BBC Good Food Magazine

love your Christmas leftovers

Cheeseboard mac ‘n’ cheese with cracker breadcrumbs

Use whatever odds and ends of cheese you have for this recipe – blue cheese, gruyère and camembert would all work well.

SERVES 6 PREP 15 mins

COOK 50 mins EASY V (if using vegetarian cheese) ❄

350g spirali pasta
25g butter
1 garlic clove, crushed
25g plain flour
450ml whole milk
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
200g mix of brie, cheddar and red leicester (or use whatever you have leftover from Christmas), grated
50g leftover cheeseboard crackers (we used rosemary & sea salt)
50g parmesan or vegetarian alternative
5g fresh thyme leaves

1 Cook the pasta following pack instructions, drain and set aside. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat. Once foaming, cook the garlic with a generous pinch each of salt and pepper for

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