每一個女孩第一道菜總是甜品；而第一道正式的正餐，也總是離不開芝士和白汁。
當然，我也未能脫俗。
認識芝士通心粉是在小學的時候，學校的午餐每過一段時間，總會有它的存在。簡單的變奏，一時放煙肉，一時是蝦仁，已經能讓人難以割愛，吃得停不下來。
簡單，是它的代名詞，也是它的特點。時時在想，如果生活就像芝士通心粉...
小學時候，單純的快樂，就只是建基於午餐是否美味，回家是否有卡通片看。快樂得簡單，就如同它一樣，不需要做作，不需要花俏。簡單，便是它滋味的來源。
【芝士通心粉】One-pot Mac & Cheese
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| 很久以前的照片，請相信，我的圖很醜，但我真的很好吃。 |
Ingredients: (serves 3-4)
Roux: (white sauce)
40g butter
3-4 tbsp plain flour
Milk/ Cream (amount depends on consistency wanted)
Stock ( To substitute part of the mlik)
Variety of cheese (4-5 pieces of sandwich cheese/ freshly grated cheese added to your liking)
(I usually use both shredded Cheddar and grate in some Parmesan)
Ingredients:
Macaroni/ Penne (any kind of short pasta)
Smoked bacon (diced)
Broccoli (florets cut into chunks)
Frozen prawn
Topping:
Breadcrumbs
Extra grated cheese
1 or 2 egg
Procedures:
1. Melt the butter in a large pot. Add in the flour and stir until all the flour are gone. It will form a paste.
2. Gradually add in milk and continue to stir. A dash at a time for the paste to absorb. This can avoid lumps. Add milk until the paste disappears and a brownish-white thick sauce comes into place.
3. You may continue to add milk or replace milk with stock and continue to add and stir into the mixture until it is the right consistency.
4. Add in the pasta and other ingredients. For smoked bacon, you may choose to pan fry it first to remove some of the fat before adding into the pot.
5. Cook the pasta according to package instructions. For al dente, -1 min of cooking. The pasta will tend to stick, so stir every minute or so.
6. For extra texture, lay the pasta with its sauce into a baking tin. Layer it with toppings and make a well to crack in 2 eggs. Bake at 180C for 10-15 min until the surface crisps up and the egg is half-way cooked. When you serve, the egg yolk should still be runny.
Note: As this is a one-pot pasta, make sure the sauce is looser and there is more than enough liquid as the pasta itself will absorb some of the liquid, at the same time, release some starch that thickens the sauce.
