Our best-ever mac and cheese recipe | Gourmet Traveller

Ingredients

• 400 gm dried macaroni
• 70 ml olive oil
• 100 gm rindless bacon or speck, cut into lardons
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 120 ml dry white wine
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 2 tsp thyme, plus extra to serve
• 600 ml pouring cream
• 200 gm vintage cheddar, coarsely grated
• 200 gm Gruyère, coarsely grated
• 100 gm crème fraîche
• 100 gm parmesan, finely grated
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 80 gm coarse fresh sourdough breadcrumbs
• Finely grated rind of ½ lemon, plus extra to serve