Keyword Avocado, Bacon, Baked, Casserole, Cheese, Kids, Macaroni, Pasta
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 3servings
Ingredients
1/2tbspolive oil
1small yellow onion
4ozbacondiced
2tbspbutter
2tbspplain flour
1 1/2cupmilk
1tspmustard
1cupgrated cheese
7ozmacaroni
1avocadodiced
1/4cupflat leaf parsley leavesroughly chopped
1/4cupfinely grated parmesan
salt and pepperto taste
Instructions
Heat oil. Add onion and bacon and cook for 8 minutes or until onion is soft.
To make the sauce, melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and stir until well combined. Cook for 2 minutes. Reduce heat and slowly add milk, stirring constantly until well combined.
When well mixed, increase the heat to medium and add mustard, and cheese.( leave some of the cheese for sprinkling). Stir constantly until mixture comes to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 4 minutes.
Cook pasta per packet instructions. Drain.
Cut avocado into cubes. Leave some to serve.
Add bacon and onion mixture into the sauce along with the pasta. Mix and add 3/4 of the avocado and gently stir.
Transfer prepared pasta mix to a baking dish.
Sprinkle remaining cheese,parmesan, parsley over pasta.Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
Bake for 25 minutes on 350F.
Serve sprinkled with remaining avocado and parsley.
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Notes
You'll be surprised how only two ingredients can make such change of this delicious classic.