Lobster Mac & Cheese

Ingredients:

• 5-6 Lobster tails, cooked and chopped

• 4 1/2 cups cheddar cheese freshly shredded and divided
• 1 cup gruyere cheese shredded
• 1 cup parmesan cheese grated
• 1 stick butter
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 5 cups whole milk
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
• Pepper to taste
• 1 Pound elbow macaroni
• Flat leaf parsley chopped (optional)

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Instructions:

Heat oven to 400 degrees with rack in the middle of the oven.

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Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add flour to melted butter and stir until thickened, about 3 minutes.

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Slowly whisk in milk a little at a time. The slower you add the milk the thicket the sauce will be. 

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Stir in 3 cups of cheddar cheese, gruyere cheese, and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese into the sauce. Reserve 1 1/2 cups cheddar and 1/2 cup parmesan for the top.

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Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, mustard powder and nutmeg to the sauce, stir until combined.

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Stir together the cooked macaroni noodles, lobster and the sauce and transfer to a 9 x 13 baking dish, that has been prepped with cooking spray if needed. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bake in the oven until golden and bubbling, 20-25 minutes.

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Sprinkle with flat leaf parsley if desired.

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