{"id":579,"date":"2020-03-03T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=579"},"modified":"2020-03-03T15:40:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T15:40:13","slug":"recipe-macaroni-cheese","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=579","title":{"rendered":"Recipe &#8211; Macaroni Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Macaroni cheese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>4 oz macaroni<\/li><li>1 oz butter<\/li><li>4 oz grated cheese<\/li><li>Optional &#8211; \u00bd teaspoon English mustard optional<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>For sauce<\/em><\/strong><em>:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>4 oz margarine or butter<\/li><li>Flour<\/li><li>1 litre milk<\/li><li>4 oz grated cheese<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a medium sized pan plunge the macaroni into boiling water and cook (uncovered).&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>While the macaroni is cooking make up the sauce.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melt the margarine or butter in a pan.  Add the flour and mix in.  Cook for a few minutes over gentle heat without colouring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remove from the heat to cool the roux. Gradually add milk, a little at a time, and stir until smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add 2 oz of grated cheese and heat until cheese has melted. Add mustard if desired and simmer for a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the macaroni is cooked drain in a colander and put back into the pan. Add the cheese sauce to the pasta and mix well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Place in an earthenware dish and sprinkle with remaining cheese and place under the grill to brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Note.<\/em><\/strong> Other variations to this dish have included diced ham,&nbsp; sweetcorn tomatoes and mushrooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macaroni cheese Ingredients 4 oz macaroni 1 oz butter 4 oz grated cheese Optional &#8211; \u00bd teaspoon English mustard optional For sauce: 4 oz margarine or butter Flour 1 litre milk 4 oz grated cheese Method In a medium sized pan plunge the macaroni into boiling water and cook (uncovered).&nbsp; While the macaroni is cooking&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"button small blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=579\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/homepage.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-579","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":641,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/579\/revisions\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthyhebrideankids.scot.nhs.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}