Add This One Ingredient To Bechamel For Better Mac And Cheese - Tasting Table

"Proper homemade mac and cheese, with tender noodles swimming in a creamy, cheesy sauce, is already about as good as it gets. The culinarians of the internet, however, have a simple one-ingredient change that will take your next round of baked mac and cheese to the next level: lobster base. This product, like Better Than Bouillon's Premium Lobster Base, is essentially lobster concentrate, used to whip up a quick lobster stock for things like lobster bisque."

"Simply adding lobster stock to your béchamel would thin things out too much, so the best bet is to instead replace half of the milk with stock. Alternatively, you can keep the decadence of the all-milk béchamel, and simply stir in some lobster base. Both of these options will keep the sauce at the correct consistency while also infusing it with that lovely shellfish flavor."

Proper homemade mac and cheese delivers tender noodles in a creamy, cheesy sauce. A single ingredient change—lobster base—adds concentrated shellfish flavor and elevates baked mac and cheese. Lobster base is a lobster concentrate used to make quick stock for lobster dishes and can be mixed into béchamel to create a lobster béchamel. Béchamel is a roux-thickened milk sauce; replacing half the milk with lobster stock or stirring lobster base into all-milk béchamel preserves consistency while imparting lobster flavor. After cooking down the liquids, add preferred cheese to produce a silky, deeply flavored lobster mac and cheese.

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