Cheesy Fondue Pasta Bake.

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 small onion, peeled and finely sliced
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 25 g butter
• 25 g plain flour
• 275 ml full fat milk, boiled and hot
• 100 g mascarpone
• 50 g cheddar cheese, grated
• 50 g cheese (like parmesan or double gloucester)
• 4 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• salt
• freshley ground black pepper
• 350 g cooked pasta (farfalle rigatoni or penne)
• grated cheese

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat the oven to 220c, gas 7.
• 2 heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan and add the onions and garlic.
• 3 cook for 5 mins.
• 4 so they soften.
• 5 cool.
• 6 heat the butter until melted and add the flour to form a roux.
• 7 gradually add the hot milk,stirring all the time until you have a nice sauce consistency.
• 8 stir in the onions and garlic.
• 9 pour the hot sauce into a bowl, and add the mascarpone, cheddar, your chosen other cheese, the cooked pasta and parsley.
• 10 season well and mix together.
• 11 pour into a ceramic baking dish,top with a little grated cheese, then place onto a baking tray.
• 12 bake in the pre-heated oven for about 20 minutes to brown all over.
• 13 cool slightly, then serve with green salad and garlic bread.