Cheese & tomato macaroni with chipolatas

Name: Cheese & tomato macaroni with chipolatas
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 12 chipolata sausages; 300 grams pack semi-dried tomato, drained (reserve 1 tbsp oil for the sausages) and roughly chopped; 400 grams macaroni or other small pasta shapes; 75 grams butter; 1 bunch spring onions, chopped; 75 grams plain flour; 1 liter semi-skimmed milk; 200 grams extra-mature cheddar, grated; 50 grams parmesan, grated; 6 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked and chopped, plus 3 short sprigs, to finish

Cheese & tomato macaroni with chipolatas might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains approximately 60g of protein, 74g of fat, and a total of 1280 calories. If you have parmesan, pack semi-dried tomato, macaroni, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes. Macaroni and Cheese – home made macaroni and cheese is a comfort food that is hard to beat. You can put away the pre packaged macaroni and cheese at the store, Tomato-Cheese Macaroni, and Quick tomato macaroni cheese are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas

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Oven

Put the chipolatas in a baking dish approx 30 x 25cm (this will hold your pasta later, so make sure its big enough), drizzle with the tomato oil and cook for 25 mins.

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Chipolata

Tomato

Pasta

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Meanwhile, cook the macaroni in a large pan of boiling salted water until tender, then drain. While the pasta cooks, make the sauce. In a large pan, melt the butter, then add the spring onions. Fry for 1-2 mins to soften. Stir in the flour and mix with the butter to make a paste. Continue cooking for 30 secs, then add the milk, a little at a time, stirring continuously, until the sauce is thick and smooth.

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Spring Onions

Macaroni

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Pasta

Sauce

Water

Milk

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Frying Pan

Add the cheddar and Parmesan (reserving a good handful for the top), half the semi-dried tomatoes, the rosemary, seasoning and macaroni, then stir everything together.

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Sun Dried Tomatoes

Seasoning

Macaroni

Parmesan

Rosemary

Cheddar Cheese

Remove the baking dish from the oven, transfer the sausages to a plate and pour away any oil from the dish. Tip in the macaroni, nestle the sausages back in, pushing them in until only half exposed, then sprinkle with the remaining cheese and tomatoes, and push in a few rosemary sprigs. Return to the oven and bake for 25 mins.

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Macaroni

Rosemary

Sausage

Tomato

Cheese

Cooking Oil

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Baking Pan

Oven

Serve with a salad, if you like.