Leon’s mac and cheese bites are dangerously moreish — crisp, golden shells giving way to molten, cheesy pasta. They are also deep-fried, which puts them firmly in occasional-treat territory. This copycat leon mac and cheese bites recipe is the air fryer slimming hack that keeps the whole experience: a crunchy breadcrumb coating, a properly gooey centre, that salty cheese pull. The difference is a lighter cheese sauce, a spray of oil instead of a fryer, and about half the calories of the deep-fried original — for roughly 35p a bite. The usual honest framing: this is a homemade recipe inspired by Leon’s mac and cheese bites, developed in a home…