Macaroni Cheese with Pumpkin

[Bootobethin]

Maybe the 1000 only occurs in Tapatalk but it is the original recipe on page one of this thread.
I think it is in reference to temperature but i am not sure.
Don't know how to attach a quote to show you.

[Cuilidh]

Whereabouts in the recipe is the 1000?  We should be able to check and let you know fairly quickly once we know where you are seeing this number.

[Bootobethin]

Macaroni Cheese with Pumpkin:
At least 6 maybe 8:
Ingredients:
125g parmesan
125g cheddar
600g jap or Queensland blue pumpkin
2 stalks rosemary leaves
sea salt
1/8 verjuice or white wine
1 litre milk
1 bay leaf
80g unsalted butter
80g plain flour
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
200g macaroni
75g goat's fetta

Preparation:
Peel and deseed pumpkin, cut into 2cm pieces, put on baking sheet,sprinkle with chopped rosemary and some EVOO and roast about 20- 25 minutes at 200⁰.Sprinkle the verjuice over and return to the oven for 5 minutes.
Grate parmesan and cheddar in TMX and set aside.(in separate bowls)
Heat milk in  , with bay leaf until it reaches 100⁰. Use   and reverse.
Set aside for leaf to flavour the milk and then remove leaf.
Melt butter in bowl 100⁰ for about 2 minutes at speed 1.
Add flour and mix at 100⁰ for about 2-3 minutes. Use speed 1.
While on speed 2 add warm milk through the MC hole. Cook at 100⁰ for about 7 minutes on speed 3.
Add nutmeg and parmesan to white sauce and stir until cheese is melted through. Remove and cover with glad wrap to stop a skin forming.
Cook macaroni according to the EDC.
When cooked add the macaroni to the cheese sauce and pumpkin. Stir through gently. Stir through the crumbled fetta. Put into a large casserole dish, sprinkle the cheddar over and bake at 180/200 for 10-20 minutes.

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Tips/Hints:
This recipe is from Maggie Beer but I have tweaked and Thermomixed it. The instructions are from memory so you may need to alter them. It freezes well.

members' comments

O2K - Made this tonight with a combination of pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot and broccoli.  I roasted the orange ones and quickly steamed the broccoli before adding it to the mix.  Delicious, and DS1 ate the lot - yay!  Also plenty of leftovers for DH for lunch tomorrow.  Thanks for posting the conversion.

JD - We had this for a light lunch Cookie and it was really nice.  I started off by cooking the total amount of pumpkin before I saw how many the dish served so then adjusted everything else down to 1/2 quantities.  I did put all the pumpkin in though. No complaints from DH about another vegetarian meal.

Snoozie - Absolutely beautiful. Very rich. Have plenty left to freeze.

KerrynN - We made this again the other night and to my surprise it seems to pass muster as a replacement for "Cheesy Pasta from the Box" - even with the pumpkin in it!

The 1000 appears 3 in the method of the recipe.
Thanks.

[judydawn]

I see that as 100^o Boot, even in your copy of the recipe.

[Cuilidh]

I see that as 100^o Boot, even in your copy of the recipe.

I see where the problem is Boot, the degrees "^o" is not reading as a superscript character on Tapatalk.

I hope you can now enjoy your macaroni and cheese!!

[Bootobethin]

Ha ha. Thanks Cuildidh.
Simple when its pointed out!

[cookie1]

Oh golly I have just seen this. I'm so glad you wonderful people worked it out.