One-pan Manchego mac and cheese
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Ingredients
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- 30 ml extra virgin olive oil
Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and drizzle in the olive oil.
- 3 cloves garlic
After a couple of minutes add the chopped garlic and mix continuously 30 to 45 seconds until fragrant, without browning it.
- 30 g panko breadcrumbs
Add the panko breadcrumbs and mix about 3 to 4 minutes until golden fried.
- 1¼ g sweet smoked Spanish paprika
- ¼ g dry thyme
- sea salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
Turn off the heat, add the smoked paprika, dry thyme, sea salt and black pepper and mix, then transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- 480 ml milk
- 240 ml vegetable broth
- 0.17 g saffron threads
- sea salt
In the same pan add the milk, the vegetable broth, the saffron threads and a pinch of sea salt.
- 225 g elbow macaroni
Add the macaroni, lower to medium heat and mix every 2 minutes or so until just al dente, checking the package instructions and tasting a piece.
- 240 g shredded cheese
- 7 g Dijon mustard
- sea salt
- freshly cracked black pepper
Turn off the heat, add the shredded cheese and the Dijon mustard, season with sea salt and black pepper and mix until the cheese is fully melted.
- chopped parsley
Off the stovetop, top evenly with the reserved breadcrumbs and chopped parsley.
Topping and tasting