Comfort Food

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

This was one of my favourite meals as a child except my mother used mashed potatoes and sometimes sliced a couple of tomatoes into it.

It is a wonder I did not grow up the size of a five bedroom house!



Comfort Food

2 pounds of potatoes
1/2 pound of grated cheese
6 thick slices of smoked bacon
2 onions
Butter

Boil potatoes until cooked and then slice into rounds.

Fry bacon until crisp and chop into pieces - as big or small as you like.

Slice and fry onion in some of the butter until translucent but not burnt.

Grease an oven proof dish thickly with the rest of the butter.

Line dish with a layer of half the potatoes, followed by half the bacon pieces, then half the fried onion. Top with just under half the cheese.

Next, layer the rest of the potatoes, bacon and onion and top with the rest of the cheese.

Put in preheated oven - Gas mark 6, 400 degrees fahrenheit or 200 degrees Celsius, until brown on top.

Comments

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

Never had baked mac and cheese - the name sounds yummy though!

Hugs Binky xxxxx

[erviniae.livejournal.com]

It is so similar to the potatoes recipe that you posted, except you use macaroni and layer it with any cheese you like--more than one type works well, like cheddars. A little milk, salt and pepper, a little garlic powder- and cheese on top again with bread crumbs on top which gets all nice and crispy--wants some now!!! :)

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I would leave the breadcrumbs off - not a fan of them lol - do you pour the milk over the top of the assembled dish and is the macaroni already cooked before assembly?

Hugs Binky xxx

[erviniae.livejournal.com]

Yes, you pour just a little bit of milk after it is assembled--don't want it swimming in it. And yes, the macaroni should be pre-cooked but al dente.
Hugs!

[chaotic-binky.livejournal.com]

Thanks - I have all the ingredients. It is easier than boiling and slicing potatoes.

Hugs Binky xxxxx