Gluten Free Three Cheese Mac and Meatballs

Name: Gluten Free Three Cheese Mac and Meatballs
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: meatballs; 350g minced beef or lamb; 1 onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 chilli; A small handful fresh coriander leaves; Pasta and sauce; 200g gluten free pasta; 4tbsp butter; 2 cloves garlic; 4tbp gluten free plain flour; 1.8 litres milk; 90g grated cheddar; 50g grated red leicester; 50g sliced mozzarella

Perfect comfort food and great treat, packed with cheese, gluten free pasta and juicy homemade meatballs

Recipe by Alison Wheatley
Added2nd May 2017
Prep Time15 Mins
Makes4 servings

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Macaroni cheese has to be one of the ultimate comfort foods and can be made with any gluten free pasta or of course gluten free macaroni if you can get it. This macaroni cheese is even more indulgent with three different cheese and with the addition of meatballs, it is calorific but a delicious treat.

This recipe is

High Protein

Contains

Dairy

Method

Cook the pasta until tender as per packet instructions. Make the meatballs while you wait.
Mix the mince, diced onion, crushed garlic, diced chilli and chopped coriander in a bowl with your hands, combine well then form small balls, you should get around 16 balls out of the mix. Set aside.
Melt the butter in pan, crush the garlic cloves and add to the butter. Saute over low heat, sprinkle in the flour and mix too a paste.
Slowly mix in the milk, stirring continuously to knock the lumps out and stop it curdling, add in the cheddar and red leicester cheese, keep stirring so it doesn't go lumpy. Once smooth and the cheese melted remove from the heat.
Mix the cheese sauce and pasta together in a casserole dish.
Frying the meatballs to seal then place on top of the pasta, add slices of mozzarella on top of them, place in oven for 20-25 mins on gas mark 4/180c to fully cook the meatballs and melt the cheese.

Nutritional Information (Per serving)

Cals

867

Carbs

68_g

Fibre

2_g

Fat

47_g

Sugar

10_g

Protein

39_g

Last updated 8th August 2025

Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

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