Rick Stein served up a California style mac ‘n’ cheese with smoked bacon on Rick Stein’s Road To Mexico.

The ingredients are: 100g butter, plus extra for greasing, 100g plain flour, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 1.2 litres/2 pints full-fat milk, 75ml double cream, 1 bay leaf, 400g mature cheddar, grated, pinch freshly grated nutmeg, 500g dried macaroni, 100g smoked bacon lardons or smoked pancetta cubes, 60g white breadcrumbs, 50g Parmesan, grated and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

See all of Rick’s Mexican inspired recipes in his book titled: Rick Stein: The Road to Mexico (TV Tie in), available from Amazon now.