Ina Garten's Creamy Lobster Mac & Cheese Recipe _ Barefoot Contessa - Cook Like a Pro _ Food Network

So I'm gonna make lobster mac and cheese and it starts with a sauce .

The French call it a roux , which sounds really fancy .

It's not start with butter , six tablespoons of butter and I'm just going to melt that .

And then later I'm gonna add some flour for a thickener .

Ok .

The next thing is heating up a quart of milk .

And what this does is thicken the sauce .

When I add the cheese in the past it , it gives a nice thick mac and cheese .

Classic mac and cheese .

And then I'm gonna mix into the butter , half a cup of flour .

And the thing about making a ro or white sauce is you want the flour to cook for a minute or two ?

So it doesn't have that sort of raw flour taste .

Ok .

Milk looks like it's hot just under simmering , just gonna pour it in and now I'm gonna stir it until it gets nice and thick .

So this is white sauce .

That's it .

It's just thickened milk and it's gonna make fantastic mac and cheese .

Ok ?

I'm gonna turn the heat off next to the cheese .

That's the good part .

So that's about two cups of grated cheddar and I'm gonna do four cups of grated grier .

Just cut it .

So it fits in the feed tube just like that .

Ok .

Into the pan with lots of flavorings .

I think it's gonna go so well with lobster , that's a lot of cheese .

It makes eight servings .

One tablespoon of salt .

I use Kosher salt , one teaspoon of pepper .

Give it a little heat and half a teaspoon of nut .

Sort of a classic French seasoning just brings out the nuttiness of the cheeses .

Stir that together .

Hm .

This is gonna be really good mac and cheese .

Ok .

Next , I need some pasta .

Once it's drained , it goes right back into the sauce and cheese .

Oh , ok .

This looks delicious .

All the pasta and the cheese and wait till I put lobster and it's gonna get even better .

OK .

I'm gonna cut up £1.5 of lobster .

So I'm gonna leave some of the big pieces whole and then the really big ones I'm gonna chop up .

Ok .

All this is just gonna go right into the pot .

This may be one of my favorite dishes of all time .

Mm .

So big stir .

Ok .

Now I'm gonna get the topping ready first .

I need some melted butter , two tablespoons of melted butter and 1.5 cups of bread crumbs .

So these are bread crumbs that it's really fresh bread that I just ground up in the food processor .

And what this is gonna do is when it's in the oven , it's gonna get brown and crusty .

So I'm just gonna Sprinkle this right on top into the oven .

375 degrees for 30 minutes .

And they're gonna be bubbly and crusty on the top .

It's gonna be so good .

Mm .

Lobster mac and cheese .

Now , I don't know anybody that wouldn't want that for dinner .

Wow .

It smells fantastic .