Mac & Cheese (Without The Mac!)

Name: Thermomix recipe: Mac & Cheese (Without The Mac!)
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ingredients: 500 Grams cooked (Italian) tagliatelle pasta; 1 Handful flat leaf parsley; 1 brown onion peeled and halved; 4 - 5 cloves garlic; 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 40 Grams cornflour or cornstarch; 100 Grams butter; 300 Grams milk; 300 Grams Greek yoghurt; pink salt flakes and pepper to taste; 1 lemons zest only; 1 Punnet baby roma tomatoes, halved; 1 Handful pitted kalamata olives; 200 Grams feta cheese crumbled; 400 Grams fresh pecorino cheese, sliced; 1 Handful fresh dill, and lemon wedges to serve; Additional Greek Yoghurt to serve

Make on Fresco

Serves 4 Prep Time 2 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Rated: Print

Mac and cheese, the perfect starchy combo, but this version is much lighter, yummier and quick! Enjoy.

Mac N cheese...that ole classic. But different. This comfort food never disappoints, is packed with flavour and super quick and easy to make. Perfect for when you need to feed a large crew - think Easter, kid's sleepovers or any day of the week when you want a warm hug of a meal. We love it! So will the kids and if you want to change it up a notch, check out any of our other mac n cheese recipes here:

Salmon Mac N Cheese

Mac N Cheese

Mac ’n’ Cheese Three-Cheese Macaroni

Pepperoni Pizza Mac N Cheese

Mexican Mac & Chees

Mac 'n' Blue Cheese Prawn Cakes

Need

500 Grams cooked (Italian) tagliatelle pasta
1 Handful flat leaf parsley
1 brown onion peeled and halved
4 - 5 cloves garlic
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
40 Grams cornflour or cornstarch
100 Grams butter BUY
300 Grams milk
300 Grams Greek yoghurt
pink salt flakes and pepper to taste BUY
1 lemons zest only
1 Punnet baby roma tomatoes, halved
1 Handful pitted kalamata olives
200 Grams feta cheese crumbled
400 Grams fresh pecorino cheese, sliced
1 Handful fresh dill, and lemon wedges to serve
Additional Greek Yoghurt to serve

Do

1: Cook pasta according to package directions and set aside in just a little of the cooking water.
2: Place parsley into Thermomix bowl and chop for 3 sec/speed 7.
3: Place garlic, onion, and oil into Thermomix bowl and chop for 4 sec/speed 4. Saute for 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.*
4: Add butter, cornflour, milk, yoghurt and seasoning to Thermomix bowl. Cook for 7 min/100°C/Reverse/speed 3.
5: Add the finely grated zest and stir through for a few seconds on speed 1. Set aside.
6: Place the cooked pasta into a large baking dish of choice (or several individual dishes!)
7: Stir sauce through. Top with torn fresh Pecorino, crumbled feta, sliced Roma tomatoes. Add olives, sprinkle with chopped parsley and sprigs of dill. Place under a hot grill until cheese is golden and bubbling.

Serve with lemon wedges and additional yoghurt and herbs. Now that's priceless!

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Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!