# Lobster Mac and Cheese

This recipe is for a lobster mac and cheese that actually tastes like lobster.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 lobster
- 8 oz clarified butter (ghee)
- 8 lobster shells
- black peppercorns
- 1 bay leaf
- garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp lobster butter
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tbsp flour
- 2 cups milk
- salt
- 12 oz sharp cheddar
- 6 oz gruyere
- 9 oz fontina

## Instructions

1. Boil the lobster for 7 minutes.
2. Put the lobster in ice water.
3. Remove the meat from the lobster.
4. Blend the lobster shells with clarified butter.
5. If you don't have a blender, just crush the shells and mix with clarified butter.
6. Simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Strain it.
8. Start with lobster butter, shallots and garlic to prepare the mac and cheese.
9. Make a béchamel, adding flour and milk.
10. Add the cheddar, gruyere and fontina.
11. Add the pasta.
12. Put lobster butter in the skillet.
13. Create layers of cheese, lobster chunks and mac and cheese.
14. Put more cheese on top.
15. Bake.

## Equipment

- pot
- tongs
- cutting board
- knife
- tray
- blender
- sauce pan
- strainer
- skillet
- oven

## Tips

- The secret ingredient is lobster butter.
- Ideal cheese blend: cheddar, gruyere and fontina.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKhfWkROlAO/?igsh=ZDkzbWNhbW02N3Mw
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b3ab413a-520f-44b8-b76b-59a4d190f85e
- Extracted: 2025-06-13

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