My pasta and white sauce

This was an easy thing to make.

The ingredients were the following: 200g pasta, 30g butter, 30g plain flour, 250ml milk, 75g cheese, mushrooms but u can also add in tuna, ham, cooked bacon, spring onions, tomatoes, sweetcorn, etc.

I added in mushrooms. Here is the method for how to make it: 1. Preheat oven to Gas 5 or 180oC and collect equipment. 2. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. When boiling, add the pasta and cook for 8-10 minutes until ‘al dente’. 3. Whilst the pasta is cooking, chop all of the meat and vegetables into bite-size pieces and grate the cheese. Set aside. 4. Drain the pasta and cool until cold water. Set aside. 5. Place flour, butter and milk into the pan. 6. Turn hob on medium and start to stir mixture. 7. Continue to stir while mixture thickens. 8. When it is bubbling, turn down heat and allow to simmer gently until thickened to the consistency of double cream. 9. Add seasoning, then stir in the cooked pasta and other ingredients. 10. Transfer to the baking dish, sprinkle with the grated cheese, then bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

When making it the sauce will thicken, that is because when you add in the flour the starch from the flour will thicken.

This was super simple and tastes amazing.