Macaroni with light cheese sauce

AUTHOR
Shirley Vincent
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 300 g Macaroni
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 350 g Broccoli
  • 100 g Mushrooms
  • 1 tsp (5 g) Oil
  • 1/2 (approx. 100 g) thick slice of cooked ham
  • 200 ml milk (low-fat, 1,5 % fat)
  • 75 g Processed cheese (three-quarter-fat stage)
  • 1 TABLESPOON sauce thickener
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 1 (approx. 65 g) Tomato

Directions

  1. 1

    Cook the macaroni in boiling salted water for about 15 minutes. Drain. In the meantime clean and wash the broccoli and divide it into small florets. Cook in boiling salted water for about 8 minutes. Drain and collect the cooking water.

  2. 2

    If necessary, wash and clean the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices. Heat oil in a coated pan and fry the mushrooms in it at medium heat until golden brown. Cut the ham into small cubes. Bring milk and 200 ml broccoli cooking water to the boil in a saucepan. Add the cheese and let it melt at medium heat while stirring. Thicken sauce with sauce thickener and season with salt and pepper. Add broccoli, mushrooms and ham to the sauce and mix in. Heat up again briefly. Wash and clean the tomato and cut into small cubes.

  3. 3

    Thicken sauce with sauce thickener and season with salt and pepper. Add broccoli, mushrooms and ham to the sauce and mix in. Heat up again briefly. Wash and clean the tomato and cut into small cubes. Arrange macaroni and sauce on a plate. Serve sprinkled with tomato cubes

  4. 4

    Plate + platter: IDC

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
400 kcal
CARBS
60 g
FATS
7 g
PROTEINS
23 g