Lobster Mac and Cheese.
Most favorite dish EVER. We love, love, love this. Lobster Mac and Cheese!
I know some say cheese and seafood don’t mesh, but this certainly does. We first had this dish at The Capital Grille and I wanted to take the chef home with me. So, so, so, so amazing.
This is by no means a healthy dish. In fact, this is probably one of the worst dishes you can eat. In moderation? Sure it may be fine, but when you wake up and eat it for breakfast? Not so much.
I swear I didn’t do that. This is my re-creation!
I get the lobstersĀ ‘thawed,’ – unfortunately I don’t live in an area where I can get them fresh. Can you even get them fresh? See, I don’t even know things like that.
I’ve always lived in a bubble.
Semi-creepy. Slimy.
These lobsters can be aĀ PAIN to work with. Or maybe I just don’t do it properly. But I hate getting the meat out of the lobster.
I am seriously afraid that it is going to come alive and eat me. I jump about 800 times when cleaning them.
For those of you that may have suggestions on how I can get this meat out without getting slimy lobster juice all over me, please talk. I just cut the shell to pieces and try to get out every last piece of meat possible.
Because I want to inhale it. I want to consume lobster is every possible way I can.
Eventually, after 9o minutes of frustration, cursing, and kicking the dishwasher (only because it’s under the sink), the meat is free!
You have just spent $30 on lobster tails, and when you chop up the meat, it amounts toĀ barely ANYTHING.
Seriously, half of the lobster tails just disappeared into a black hole. How annoying.
Before we proceed, I should mention that making this meal is QUITE a feat. Ā I have 3 pots on the stove at once, and the timing has to be perfectly coordinated so that the lobster meat won’t dry out.
So, backtracking, here is what I do first.
Buy some cheese.
We have so much cheese. The amount of cheese we have in our refrigerator is a sin. I could feed a small, malnourished country with my cheese.
That doesn’t sound right. You know what I mean.
These are the cheeses that I have found work the best in this dish.
Gruyere. LOVE this cheese. It came upon the recommendation of my mom, who was a music major in the seventies, therefore consumed gallons of fondue.
We don’t need to mention what else she probably consumed being in the ‘arts’ in the seventies.
Gruyere, sharp cheddar, and in this case, parmigiano-reggiano.
I grate this all up, and I will tell you that you certainly need some arm strength.
So do a few pushups in the weeks leading up to this.
Then grate.
I use a lot of cheese. Ā A lot is an understatement.
I am talking probably about two-and-a-half cups of cheddar, one-and-a-half cups of gruyere, and one-and-one-fourth cups of parmesan.
I also eat about one-fourth cup of each during the process.
So we now have chopped lobster and truckloads of shredded cheese.
I add handfuls and let each handful melt before adding more.
Handful in the bowl.
Handful in my mouth.
Repeat.
I usually use Chardonnay for the wine, but I don’t discriminate.
This is similar to the cheese.
Splash in the pan.
Splash in my mouth.
In a classy way, as in, straight from the bottle.
Lobster Mac and Cheese
Ingredients
- 3 (6 to 7 ounce) lobster tails thawed or fresh
- 1 to 2 poundsĀ noodles of your choice, macaroni or fancy.
- 2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 1/2 cups shredded gruyere cheese
- 1 1/4 cups shredded parmigiano-reggiano cheese
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 4-5 oz cream cheese
- 3/4 cup white wine
- 1 chopped shallot
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- 3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Shell, clean, and coarsely chop lobster meat. Have patience. Set aside.
- Grate all 3 cheeses. Add 2 cups of heavy cream to a double boiler, followed by cream cheese. Add small amount of the shredded cheese to the double boiler, mixing with a whisk. Repeat until the cheese is gone.
- Boil water and cook your pasta. Set aside.
- Add olive oil and butter to a skillet on med-high. Add chopped shallot and minced garlic. Add lobster meat and saute for 1-2 minutes or until meat becomes opaque. Add 1/4 cup white wine. Saute for another 1-2 minutes then set aside off heat.
- If cheese mixture needs thinned out, add white wine in 1/4 cup increments, whisking it in.
- In a baking dish, layer pasta, lobster mix, and cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden brown and crispy.
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Is it even a question about making this??
I want to eat this everyday.
83 Comments on “Lobster Mac and Cheese.”
Oh my gosh, what an AMAZING dish. Oh, and you are hilarious by the way. I was laughing throughout this entire post. :)
Oh my! This looks amazing! I would not do well with moderation with that stuff around! I would totally eat it for breakfast!
This dish is heavenly. I first heard about it on Next Food Network Star and I’ve been itching to make it myself. Thanks for the instructions!!
This looks amazing!! I definitely want to try this sometime soon.
That looks way too delish! Melt in your mouth delicious!
never had lobster mac! this looks so rich and delicious, def a yummy treat :) I hope you enjoyed it!
cute post too, i would do the same thing if i was cooking something and my hubby were at the gym (dont have a hubby but you know what i mean) I would certainly give a little taste to the food !
This is the ultimate mac and cheese! I need some. Will you make it for me?
OMG, that looks amazing. It is 8:30 in the morning and I want lobster mac and cheese – yum!
That looks amazing! Yummy!
I live in Boston so we can easily buy fresh lobster. The summer’s are so great with lobster but then the winter comes. I guess there are positives and negatives for every location :)
Great blog, you’re too funny!
I’m totally scared of lobsters. Something about those scary looking tails. And those weird eyes. But for lobster mac and cheese, I may get over that stuff! Looks delicious!
That looks delicious, I LOVE lobster!
wow, im not even a lobster fan (go figure, being from new england and all!), but this looks delicious!
oh my word, this is probably the best recipe i’ve ever read on the internet. ever.
I … I just put on about fifteen pounds from reading this post alone. Thank god I’m too poor to buy lobster, or else I don’t even want to think about what would happen.
I’m usually pretty anti-seafood (my logic: when you’re eating like a burger or pork chop or something, you’re generally eating like 1/320th of the animal it’s from; when you’re eating seafood, you’re not only eating THE WHOLE DUDE, but, chance are, some of his friends & family), but this reminds me of the prawn mac&cheese Hubert Keller made on Top Chef Masters, and thus is an instant drool.
ps: I realize chickens do not fit neatly into the whole “only eating fractions of animals” situation, as I tend to eat like half a chicken at a time. But, look, I just don’t like the bastards.
wooooooow. i am officially salivating!
I’m not a huge fan of lobster, but that looks great. The mac and cheese part sounds so delicious and decadent! YUM!
OMG amazing! My mouth is legitimately watering. I’ve been dying to try the famous one at Founding Farmers in D.C.–but perhaps I’ll try to create it myself.
Sarah
Oh girl! This is sin on a dish! One of my all-time favorites too and thanks so much for posting the recipe. I’ve never had it outside of a good restaurant, but I’m certainly willing to put my two pounds of cheese worth in!
YUM!!! I’ll have to try this out soon, we love comfort foods!
WOW. I want some of this RIGHT NOW! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Being a Maine girl, I can tell you that 1) With a cooked lobster tail, you should be able to pop off the last section of shell, with the fins, and push the meat right out with your finger (but maybe the meat gets stuck to the shell in frozen ones?). Or don a pair of gloves and bend the tail backwards until it breaks open. 2) No, you can’t get an uncooked tail because until they’re cooked, lobsters are just a gelatinous goo inside. You can, however, buy them cooked at lobster places.
Great blog – you are hilarious!
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YUM! out of this world delicious, i want to make this right now! just gotta find me some lobsters…and start doing pushups ASAP!
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Oh MY God…. This looks so delicious!!!!
A friend and i are planning on gorging ourselves soon for a pre-crazy season feast as we both have other comittments and wont get to see eachother, and we have decided our ingredient of choice will be lobster. I will definetely be throwing the recipe in the ring of suggestions!!!!
Thanks!
PS, how are those biceps now???
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This looks sinful!
I usually get at the meat in a lobster tail by cutting through the underside with a knife the length of the tail.
Oh Boy! I think I have just gained 5lbs just looking at my screen!
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…but but but…the Lobster is scary. Eat scary food best when I DON’T see it before it’s cooked. Ugh.
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ahhhhh – if i can make the capital grille’s mac & cheese at home i’m in trouble… this looks amazing! thank goodness lobster is expensive otherwise i’d probably make this every day…
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Hey I really want to make this for my parents upcoming anniversary..how many servings do you think this makes?
I’d say at least 8!
why do i feel the need to say five “Hail Mary’s” after reading this? And i’m not even catholic…
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Holy cow! I must try this!!! Lobster is the love of my life :) Have you ever tried these on rolls? There’s this food truck in Orange County, CA called the lime truck and they serve this lobster mac and cheese sandwich. It’s to die for. Also slightly cold lobster mac and cheese on a roll with tiny pieces of green apple. It’s so good!!
OMG, my husband took me for a weekend get away to Lake Geneva Country Club in Wisconsin and we had an amazing dinner, my side dish was Lobster Mac….Now, I lust after “it” when I dream at night. When we go back sometime I will order this alone for my dinner> (sorry honey- order your own). But before then, I will have to make us a romantic dinner with Lobster Mac at home so he can truly have his own plate of succulent creamy decadent goodness. Thanks for sharing, I go so excited when I saw the recipe.
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Looks amazing! What brand pasta did you use? After reading your description of it I won’t be able to make this without thinking something’s missing if I don’t use THAT pasta! :) Perfectionist? Maybe…
I made this tonight, with crawfish tails instead of lobster….easy, and SOOOO YUMMY. And cheaper, lobster is expensive over here in Belgium x__x
I love your blog, you are a great writer and your receipe’e look amazing. I will try your lobster mac, it’s on my bucket list now. : ) I have a receipe you may like called Poor Mans Lobster. It uses Tilapia, boiled in sea salt and vinegar(sounds gross I know but does the trick). It cooks quickly, 5 minutes or so and then drain fish and cover with butter melted and heavily seasoned with Thyme. It sooo taste like lobster and may help to be able to make your dish more often without as much expense. Let me know if you want more info. : ) Blessings, Trisha aka Trishiedarling : }
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