The great thing about this recipe is that you can estimate the quantities. This was deliberately very simple; a warming cheesy pasta bake without any bells and whistles. You can use this as the basis for a cheese pasta bake and include any other ingredients that tickle your fancy.
Ingredients
1 chicken fillet
Penne pasta - about 300g dried.
Cheese - couple of handfuls of grated cheese. Different types is good.
Butter
Plain flour
Milk
Whole grain mustard
Nutmeg
Salt
Pepper
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Cut the chicken into pieces and fry until cooked.
Cook and drain the pasta.
Make a roux; melt a couple of knobs of butter in a pan, and when bubbling add two or three spoons of flour. Whisk it in. Slowly add milk and keep whisking until you end up with a thick, smooth sauce. Add grated nutmeg and a teaspoon of whole grain mustard and whisk through. Season with freshly ground pepper and salt.
Take off the heat and add half of the grated cheese.
Mix through, add the chicken and stir through the cooked pasta, spreading the pasta out in a oven-proof dish.
Sprinkle the rest of the cheese on top of the pasta, and now it's ready to go in the oven - for about half an hour on about 160 (depending on how good your oven is, and if it's fan or not).
It's ready when the cheese is golden and bubbling.
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