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🍽️ Green Mac and Cheese Gratins
183 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 250 g short whole wheat noodles (macaroni)
- Salt
- 250 g frozen spinach
- 250 ml Milk (3.5% fat)
- 1 tbsp Butter (15 g) + 1 tsp for the pan
- 1 tbsp Spelt whole wheat flour (15 g)
- 150 g Cheddar (50% fat in dry matter)
- Pepper
- 50 g Walnut kernels
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- 1. Boil water in a large pot and add salt.
- 2. Cook the macaroni al dente, exactly according to the package instructions.
- 3. Drain the pasta and let it drain well.
- 4. Put the spinach in a pot and thaw it slowly over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes.
- 5. Pour the milk over the thawed spinach and warm the mixture.
- 6. Puree the spinach-milk mixture finely with a hand blender.
- 7. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a clean pot.
- 8. Stir the flour into the butter and cook it lightly over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
- 9. Pour the spinach-milk mixture into the butter-flour mixture.
- 10. Let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes and stir occasionally.
- 11. Grate the cheese finely in the meantime.
- 12. Stir half of the grated cheese into the sauce.
- 13. Season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper.
- 14. Remove the pot from the heat and let the sauce cool for 5 minutes.
- 15. Grease a muffin tin well with the remaining butter.
- 16. Chop the walnuts coarsely.
- 17. Add the drained pasta and the egg to the cheese sauce.
- 18. Mix everything well until the pasta is evenly coated.
- 19. Distribute the pasta mixture evenly into the cups of the muffin tin.
- 20. Sprinkle the remaining grated cheese and chopped walnuts on top.
- 21. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius conventional heat (or 160 degrees Celsius fan-forced or gas level 2 to 3).
- 22. Bake the gratins for about 25 minutes in the preheated oven.
- 23. Remove the tin from the oven and let the gratins cool for 5 minutes.
- 24. Carefully release the gratins from the tin.
- 25. Serve the small gratins warm.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 183
- Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 15 g