Cheap family recipe for 8 people, takes only 55 mins; recipe has penne, leek, butter, plain flour, english mustard, nutmeg, milk, mature cheddar, bread, walnut piece and spinach.
Cheese & spinach penne with walnut crumble
Course: Cheap family
Servings
8
servings
Prep time
15 mins
Ingredients
- Penne: 500g pack penne
- Milk: 1l milk, plus a bit extra
- Butter: 85g butter
- Bread: 4 slices French bread, diced
- Nutmeg: good grating nutmeg
- Leek: 2 large leeks, sliced
- Plain Flour: 85g plain flour
- Spinach: 400g bag spinach
- Mature Cheddar: 350g pack mature cheddar, grated
- English Mustard: 2 tsp ready-made English mustard
- Walnut Piece: 85g walnut piece
Directions
- If you are eating one of the pasta bakes now, heat oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Boil the pasta with the leeks for 10 mins, then drain.
- Meanwhile, put the butter, flour, mustard, nutmeg and milk in a large pan with some seasoning. Gently heat, stirring all the time, until bubbling and thickened, then cook for 2 mins more, stirring frequently. Remove from the heat and stir in two-thirds of the cheese. Toss the remaining cheese with the bread and walnuts.
- Cook the spinach in the microwave, or pour a kettle of boiling water over it to wilt, then squeeze out the excess water. Stir into the sauce with the pasta, leeks and some seasoning. If necessary, add a little extra milk to loosen. Divide between 2 ovenproof dishes and scatter the bread mixture on top. If eating straight away, bake for 40 mins until golden, or cool to freeze.
