Cheesy prawn pasta

Recipe from NTUC Fairprice

Cheesy Prawn Pasta

Ingrdients

1 L water
1 tsp salt
1/2 chicken stock cube, divided into 2
2 cups if elbow pasta (macaroni)
1 tbsp oil
4 rashers bacon
10 prawns, peeled and deveined and cut inot 1.5cm pieces
20g butter
20g plain flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
30g grated cheddar cheese
30g grated parmesan cheese

1. Place water, salt and hald of the chicken stock cube in a large sucepan and bring to a rolling boil. Add pasta and cook for six minutes. Drain pasta under running warer till completely cool. Set aside.
2. Place a heavy bottom saucepan over medium heat. Add oil and bacon and fry till crispy. Remove bacon and set aside.
3. Add prawns to the same pan and fry till just cooked. abt a min, remove and set aside.
4. Add butter to the same pan and allow it to melt. Add the flour and stir so that a smooth mixyre forms.
5. Add the milk, alittle at a time, whisking to prevent lumps forming, Then add the water and the remaining hald of the chicken stock cube and sir until the mixture starts to boil and thicken, abt 8 min.
6. Add the cheese (reserve some to sprinkle on top) and stir again, until the cheeses have melted, Taste and add salt if necessary, remove from heat and set aside.
7. Preheat oven to 190 deg
8. Add the pasta, bacon and prawns to the cheese mixture and stir so that everything is evenly coated. transfer to a baking dish and sprinkle over the reserved grated cheeses. Bake for 15 min, or unitl golden and bubbly.

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