Macaroni cheese

Gordon Ramsay recipes Gordon's macaroni cheese with Stichelton and girolles recipe

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Date Published:
12/05/2008

Gordon went head to head in a celebrity cheese challenge, battling Jessica Hynes for the F Word macaroni crown

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 2 shallots, finely diced
  • 250g dried macaroni
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 100g girolles, trimmed and cut into even pieces
  • 1 sprig of thyme, leaves removed
  • 75ml white wine
  • 200ml double cream
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 200g stichelton cheese, or similar eg stilton
  • 100g Parmesan
  • Handful chives, finely chopped
  • 25g butter
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • Olive oil

Method: How to make Gordon's macaroni cheese

1. Add the macaroni to a large pan of boiling salted water with the olive oil and cook for 7-10 minutes until just tender. Drain and rinse under cold water to remove excess starch. Return to the pan and set aside.

2. Melt the oil in a small frying pan. Add the mushrooms and fry until golden brown, add a small knob of butter and the thyme, cook for another minute then season with pepper. Drain the excess oil from the pan and then add the shallots and cook for a further 2 minutes or until softened, deglaze with the wine, reduce by half and set aside

3. Bring the cream to a gentle boil and add it to the mushrooms, add the egg yolks, chives and parmesan, mix well and crumble in two-thirds of the cheese. Add the macaroni to the cheese sauce and stir until everything is fully incorporated. Heat gently for a few minutes to melt the cheese. Season with pepper.

4. Butter the ovenproof dish, and pour in the mixture. Top with some stichelton and parmesan and transfer to a med oven for 15 minutes or until the top is golden brown, remove and leave to stand for 5 minutes or so, then serve.

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  1. i absouletly love gordons recipes, i am in igh school and for mothers day i made my family of 5 beef wellighton with baby veg and salad potatoes with a dessert of victoria sponge. gordon is my idol for food even though he swears he is a cooking GENIUS!!!
    Posted by rebecca on 22/05/2009 09:45:31
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  2. Hello Gordon: I live in The Netherlands, and recently made your Beef Bourginon recipe for dinner wiht friends.... it was absolutely delicious. I love to cook and I really enjoy eating good food. Thank you fr another wonderful and always dependable great dish. Margarita
    Posted by Margarita on 06/11/2008 15:37:11
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  3. Dear Mr. Ramsay, I hope you can help me. With you extensive knowledge of fine French food (which I love), would you be able to provide me with a recipe for canneles de bordeaux. I have 8 copper molds and have made this dessert a few times. I would love your take on it. I would also like to experiment with adding rose water to the recipe. Do you think I would still have to add vanilla? I am thinking just to substitute it with rose water? Also, I do not use beeswax, but melted butter, freeze for 10 minutes, followed by another coat of melted butter. Any suggestions for getting these delightful puddings out easier? Also, when last in Paris, I tried this dessert, but I think it must have been made in silicone molds, as the exterior was not in any way caramalized. Is my thinking correct? The entire texture was quite different. I understand that they are meant to be made in copper molds and that is what I would prefer to use. Any help from you would be tremendously appreciated. I want to perfect this unusual dessert and make it my own. It is very difficult to find such recipes. Many thanks in advance.
    Posted by Cindy on 03/11/2008 15:02:41
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  4. Hi Gordon, I do love your show and wish I had your nerve. We went to a lovely b&b in British Columbia/Canada. My husband and I decided to splurge and have supper there. We both ordered the snitzel and when it arrived I was so disappointed but didn't say anything. The snitzel was rather thick and over brown. When we got home I got my courage and e-mailed them on how to cook snitzel. (they are German). I said it should be very thin and crispy served with a wedge of lemon and told them if they cut it in half and pounded it they could even save money. I had no reply from them. Well the next day I noticed my car keys were missing and guess where I left them. Yes at the nice b&b. I still don't have them back. Well I kind of thought that would happen but I am not happy as you would guess. My relatives thought I was crazy and then my husband changed his mind and thought I did the right thing. You most likely won't read this but I thought I would tell you anyway. I am not sure how you even began to eat the Gannet.... Keep up your great work. Regards from an avid fan. Carol Gould
    Posted by carol gould on 02/11/2008 05:35:46
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  5. this has a pretty strong hardcore stilton flavour which is a bit overbearing if you are not used to it you may prefer to use something less strong like a cheddar if you are not a frequent stilton eater
    Posted by ramsayfan on 18/10/2008 17:33:15
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