Over the summer I made a new recipe after going to visit Club33 with a friend at Disneyland. If you don't know what I'm talking about, google it! This is the recipe I used for Truffled Mac n' Cheese. It was SO amazing I had to try it. The first time I made it it took me about an hour and a half to make because I very meticulously chopped everything to be as equal and tiny as possible, not reading ahead to realize I was going to strain out all of the vegetables from the beginning. I think next time I could cut it down to 45 min-an hour. I'm going to try again tonight.
My husband tends to not eat leftovers. Ever. So whenever I find a recipe he enjoys and will eat again the next day I count as a success. Last time I made it to take over to a friend's house so he got whatever was leftover.
Here is the recipe from the website listed above:
-Using 2 Tablespoons of butter sauté 4 oz. of shallots (right around two heads) with 2 oz. of button mushrooms for a couple of minutes. I couldn't find button mushrooms at my local grocery store so I used regular brown mushrooms.
-Add 6 oz. of Chardonnay wine and reduce until almost all of the liquid has evaporated. The first time I used a cheap Sutter Homes Chardonnay. Tonight I'm using Sonoma Loeb Chardonnay- it is a delicious buttery chardonnay that I think will compliment the mac n' cheese perfectly!
-Add 16 oz. of Chicken stock and reduce liquid by half over medium heat.
-Add 8 oz. (a Half Pint) of Heavy Cream. Bring to a boil and reduce to a light simmer for 15 minutes.
- Strain through a fine sieve and place back into pot.
- Around this time I start to boil the Water for the macaroni.
-Over low heat, slowly whisk in 24 oz. of Velveeta Cheese in stages until fully incorporated. (Yes, you read that correct... a WHOLE 24 ounces of Velveeta!)
-Add in .81 t of White Truffle Oil with salt and pepper.
-I used one whole bag of Large Elbow Macaroni and mix it into the cheese mixture after cooked.
-At this point the recipe called to shave Black Truffles on top of the macaroni, I didn't have any and didn't want to spend that much on dinner so I didn't. It still tastes amazing!
Enjoy!
