🍽️ Crunchy Mac & Cheese with Spinach and Macadamia

Name: Crunchy Mac & Cheese with Spinach and Macadamia
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: onions, yellow 1 pc.; spinach leaves 300 g; garlic cloves 1 pc.; macadamia nuts, roasted and salted 4 tbsp; butter 4 tbsp; salt 1 tbsp; pepper, black ground pinch; macaroni 500 g; wheat flour, Type 405 1 tbsp; milk 300 ml; Gouda, young block 200 g

585 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

onions, yellow 1 pc.
spinach leaves 300 g
garlic cloves 1 pc.
macadamia nuts, roasted and salted 4 tbsp
butter 4 tbsp
salt 1 tbsp
pepper, black ground pinch
macaroni 500 g
wheat flour, Type 405 1 tbsp
milk 300 ml
Gouda, young block 200 g

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius top/bottom heat.
2. Halve the onion and peel it.
3. Dice the onion finely.
4. Wash the spinach thoroughly.
5. Spin the spinach dry.
6. Peel the garlic.
7. Mince the garlic finely.
8. Chop the macadamia nuts.
9. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a pot over medium heat.
10. Sweat the onion cubes in the butter for about 2 minutes.
11. Add the spinach to the pot.
12. Season the spinach with salt and pepper.
13. Let the spinach wilt for about 3 minutes.
14. Pour the spinach into a colander.
15. Squeeze out the excess liquid from the spinach.
16. Place the spinach on kitchen paper.
17. Clean the pot.
18. Bring about 5 liters of salted water to a boil in a pot.
19. Cook the macaroni for about 8 minutes until al dente.
20. Pour the pasta into a colander.
21. Let the pasta drain.
22. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in the pot over medium heat.
23. Fry the garlic for about 1 minute.
24. Dust the garlic with flour.
25. Toast the flour for about 1 minute.
26. Pour in the milk while stirring constantly with a whisk.
27. Bring the sauce to a boil.
28. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
29. Let the sauce simmer for about 4 minutes.
30. Add 150 grams of Gouda to the sauce.
31. Let the Gouda melt in the sauce.
32. Add the hot pasta to the cheese sauce.
33. Add the spinach to the cheese sauce.
34. Mix everything well.
35. Taste the mixture and adjust seasoning.
36. Transfer the mixture into a baking dish.
37. Sprinkle the chopped macadamia nuts over the top.
38. Sprinkle the remaining Gouda over the top.
39. Bake the dish for about 20 minutes in the oven.
40. Bake until it is golden brown and crispy.
41. Serve the mac and cheese with spinach on plates.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 585
Protein: 20 g · Fett/Fat: 34 g · Carbs: 54 g