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Lobster Mac & Cheese from Maya Steaks and Seafood in Sandy Springs: Owner and chef of Maya Steak and Seafood, Mimmo Alboumeh, joins Joanne Feldman for a lesson on how to create his delicious lobster mac and cheese recipe. For more information on Maya Steaks and Seafood click here. For today's recipe see below.
Maya Steakhouse | Lobster Mac & Cheese
Prep Time 60 minutes
Servings 8 people
Pasta
-1 lb campanelle pasta
-20 cups water
-2 teaspoons sea salt
-2 teaspoons olive oil
bring water to boil, add salt, olive oil and pasta, cook for 8 minutes, strain and put aside
Base
-6 aa unsalted butter
-2 oz shallots minced
-1 oz garlic minced
-6 tablespoons fino sherry wine
-2 tablespoons original Tabasco sauce
-3 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
-3 teaspoons smoked mild spanish paprika
-1 teaspoon white pepper
-1/2 teaspoon sea salt
-1/2 teaspoon coarse black pepper
-1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
-1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
in a stock pot at low heat, cook the shallots and garlic with the butter 6 minutes, add remaining ingredients and cook 10 minutes more…. stir constantly with rubber spatula
Cheese Sauce
-3 cups heavy cream 36%
-8 oz gruyere cheese shredded
-6 oz sharp cheddar cheese shredded
-3 oz manchego cheese shredded
-2 oz philadelphia cream cheese
-1 oz valdeón blue cheese crumbles
-2 tablespoons lobster base
-5 tablespoons white truffle oil
-1 cup panko plain bread crumbs
add heavy cream to the Base until it reaches 120 degree, add remaining ingredients until 180 degrees about 15-20 minutes at low heat, stir constantly with rubber spatula …. remove and liquefy with emersion blender if available or a food blender….
Save 2 cups of sauce aside for the lobster meat…. toss the Pasta with remaining sauce and spread on a 2 ½ inch deep baking pan, sprinkle 1 cup of plain panko coarse bread crumbs and bake for 10 minutes at 450 degrees, remove and put aside
Lobster Meat
-1 lb fresh lobster meat
-2 oz aa unsalted butter
-1 cup Cheese Sauce
in a sauté pan cook the lobster meat about 5 minutes at medium heat, add Cheese Sauce and simmer for 5 minutes, remove and spread over the cooked pasta, bake for 6-8 at 350 degrees….. Remove and sit aside for 8 minutes before serving
Cooking Notes
At Maya we cook with passion and use mostly imported high quality ingredients, so please shop at your favorite store