Coquillettes au Jambon - French Macaroni and Cheese with Ham
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Coquillettes au Jambon - French Macaroni and Cheese with Ham

NUTRITION · PER SERVING25M COOK
CAL 48%·PRO 65%
CARBS 90G38% OF CAL
5G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC74G OTHER11G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 52G49% OF CAL
24G SAT28G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A stovetop mac and cheese with ham in a rich béchamel sauce, finished with melted cheese. A classic French comfort dish ready in 25 minutes without baking.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 5
  • 500g / 1 lb elbow pasta / macaroni (, but any similar size pasta would work )
  • 1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (, for pasta water, half for table salt)
  • 200g / 7 oz ham slices ((I use ham off-the-bone), diced 1cm / 0.4" (Note 1))
  • 75g / 5tbsp tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup plain flour / all-purpose flour
  • 3 cups milk (, HOT, full fat preferred, but work with lite milk too)
  • 1 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt (, halve for table salt, +50% for flakes)
  • 3/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg (, (Note 2))
  • 1 1/2 cups Gruyère cheese, grated (, shredded using a standard box grater (tightly packed if using cups) (Note 3))
  • 1/2 cup pasta cooking water
PREP
10M
SODIUM
1386MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.