Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups elbow macaroni
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 3 1/2 cups milk, heavy cream, or half and half I prefer the latter two now
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp flour optional see notes
- 1/2 cup sour cream I forgot to show in it the video
- 8 oz block of mild or sharp cheddar hand shredded using grater
- 1 7.2 oz package Sargento's 4 state cheddar its just a mix of different cheddars. You can make your own
- 8 oz block of mozzarella cheese hand shredded using grater
- 8 oz fontina cheese or monterey jack hand shredded using grater
- 8 oz smoked gouda hand shredded using grater
- 1/2-1 tsp salt or more per taste
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
lobster
- 1 1/2 lbs lobster claws remove from shells and break into pieces
- 1 1/2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
topping
- 1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 1/2 cup shredded yellow cheddar
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley optional
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions, adding 1 tsp salt. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees.
- Heat a small skillet on medium heat. Melt the ghee or butter. When melted, add minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add, dried parsley and the lobster. Cook for about 3 minutes. Turn off the heat. Set aside.
- Heat a medium sauce pan on medium heat. Melt the butter in the sauce pan, making sure not to burn. Add the (optional)flour and whisk for a minute, then add the milk or heavy cream, and continue to whisk to avoid making your sauce lumpy. Milk will start to thicken slightly. Turn the heat on low.
- Quickly add the smoked paprika, black pepper, and salt to the milk mixture, Add the cheeses promptly, I like to use a whisk. Make sure not the bring the cheese sauce to a boil to avoid breaking down the cheese, you want it to be stringy and pulley lol. Mix in sour cream.
- Add sauce to cooked and drained pasta, then mix in 3/4 of the lobster. see notes prior to this step. there is an update
- Transfer to a 9x9 inch baking pan lined with parchment paper. Top the cheeses, then lefter over lobster. Sprinkle dried parsley.
- Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes, then broil for 3-4 minutes. Be careful not to burn the top, monitor the entire time.Enjoy and comment.This African
Notes
This is an update from November 2024. Mix the Cooked macaroni with the cheese sauce. Pour half the mac and cheese into the baking dish. Top with some cheese and the lobster. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients. I lately have been omitting the flour when making the cheese sauce. In case you omit the flour, just go directly to adding the milk or cream after melting the butter. Add 1/2-1 tsp garlic powder in the cheese sauce and smoked paprika.
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