Weekend in Review

Here is my 3 cheese and Lobster Macaroni recipe! It was pretty yummy!

2 freshly steam lobsters (twist of claws and tail, and remove meat using a seafood cracker, cut into small chunks)
14 oz. large macaroni noodles (or whatever pasta you'd prefer)
1 cup panko crumbs
4 oz. butter
2 Tbl flour
6 oz. shredded Beemster cheese (found at HEB)
6 oz. white cheddar cheese
6 oz. fontina cheese
1-2 cups heavy cream
1 Tbl nutmeg
salt and olive oil for pasta water

*writing my recipes is actually fairly hard, b/c I write them after I've done them, and I am not huge on measuring out things.  The cream in this recipe is a rough estimate....start with one cup, and use it to thin out the cheese to the write consistancy.  (you want it be like a queso dip while on the stove)

Start by liberally salting your water to boil, adding in about a Tbl of olive oil.  Cook pasta to al dente, remove from heat and drain.  Butter a 2.5-3 Qt corningware dish.  In a 2 Qt sauce pan, melt 2 Tbl butter over medium heat.  Whisk in flour.  Pour in about a cup of cream, thinning out to a bechamel sauce.  Slowly add in 14 oz. of your shredded cheese mixture(saving 4 oz.), stirring constantly. (you don't want any clumps)  Add in nutmeg.  Once all cheese is incorpirated, take off heat.  Mix together with drained pasta, and in lobster, and pour into buttered dish.  Melt 2 Tbl butter in a microwave safe dish, and mix together with panko crumbs.  Evenly sprinkle remaining cheese over the top, then evenly sprinkle the panko crumbs.  Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  If you would like your crumbs browned anymore (as I did), broil on LOW for a few minutes....WATCH or they will burn!

**I am not one to add a ton of salt to things.  With all the cheese, and the salted pasta, I didn't add anymore salt.  I would wait to add salt until you tasted it. 

My husband I both loved this! If you don' t care for lobster, you could always add panchetta chunks or bacon. Or nothing! LOL The possibilities for an adult version are endless.  I use blue cheese sometimes as well.  It is rich enough to be your main dish.  I served this with a salad, and then I did a dessert.  It was a hit! = )

xoxo