Mac N Cheese

Method

• 1)

  Preheat oven to 220°C.

• 2)

  Slice 200g of speck.

• 3)

  Get speck crispy in a pan on high heat for approx 6 minutes, then remove from the pan.

• 4)

  Cook pasta in pot of boiling water with a pinch of salt until el dente (8 mins).

• 5)

  Strain pasta and run under cold water to stop cooking.

• 6)

  Finely chop 1 brown onion.

• 7)

  Pop onion into pan with the residual fat from speck and sweat down on low heat for approx. 4 mins.

• 8)

  Slice head of cauliflower.

• 9)

  Add cauliflower to pot with zest of 1 lemon. Put on heat for 8 mins.

• 10)

  Add 4 slices of bread, zest of 1 lemon, handful of parsley, 50g of parmesan and 1 teaspoon of salt to blender and blitz to a bread crumb consistency. Then transfer into a bowl.

• 11)

  Add cauliflower to blender after cooked with 50g parmesan, juice of 1/2 a lemon, 100g of butter, a pinch of salt and a few cracks of pepper and blitz.

• 12)

  Put pasta into a pan, scatter speck over the top, then pour the sauce over, mix throughout and then smear the pasta down.

• 13)

  Grate 250g of gruyere over the top.

• 14)

  Pour pangrattato mix over the top (bread mix).

• 15)

  And finish with grating a bit more gruyere.

• 16)

  Pop in oven for 20 minutes (or until pangrattato is crispy and cheese has melted.