Cheese Macaroni

What is it?

Elbow macaroni sits in a thick yellow cheese sauce, packed into a pub-style frozen meal tray. It's the simplest kind of pasta bake, with short pasta and a sauce that clings rather than pools, giving each forkful a solid coating of cheese. On The Menu's version is one of the plainest items in the range, compared with its meatier frozen meals and pies. Heat it in the microwave or oven straight from frozen, then stir through to spread the sauce evenly. Because the format is so straightforward, everything rides on the cheese sauce, which leans more toward a processed cheddar flavour than anything sharp or aged.