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Macaroni & Chees with Ham

Description Recipe

Yield: 4 servings

Salt
1
pound cavatappi (hollow corkscrew shaped pasta) or other short cut pasta
3
tablespoons butter
3
tablespoons all-purpose flour
1
cup chicken stock
1 ½
cups whole milk
Freshly ground black pepper
A few grates nutmeg
1
cup shredded Gruyere
1
cup shredded white sharp Cheddar
2
tablespoons Dijon mustard
¼
pound ham steak, cooked and diced

Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil, drop in pasta. Cook pasta to just shy of al dente.

Heat sauce pot with butter over medium heat, whisk in flour and cook for 1 minute, whisk in stock then milk, allow the sauce to thicken, and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in cheeses in a figure eight motion. Stir in Dijon and ham and remove the sauce from heat. Drain pasta and combine with sauce.