Macaroni and Cheese with Ham

Ingredients

• 6 servings pepper black freshly ground
• 3 tablespoons butter 
• 1 pound pasta (hollow corkscrew shaped pasta)
• 1 cup chicken stock see 
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard 
• 3 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 cup gruyere cheese shredded
• 0.3 pound ham french sliced finely chopped
• 9 servings grates nutmeg 
• 6 servings salt 
• 1 cup sharp cheddar shredded white
• 1.5 cups milk whole

Equipment

• whisk
• pot

Directions

1. Watch how to make this recipe.
2. Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil, drop in pasta. Cook pasta to just shy of al dente.
3. 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.
4. Drain pasta and combine with sauce.