Gluten Free Lobster Macaroni and Cheese

How about gluten free Lobster Macaroni and Cheese? If you love mac 'n cheese this is a decadent version to make when lobster is in season.

this gluten free recipe

Lobster season in Canada typically peaks in the spring and fall, but it does vary. I think of lobster as being in season around Mother’s Day so that's when I make this. Serve it with a simple green salad with vinaigrette dressing.

Instructions for Cooking Lobster

I’m a prairie girl so the first time I cooked a whole, live lobster it was a culinary challenge. Of course it is super easy, just boil it in salted water. The fun really starts when you need to get the lobster meat out of the shell. I suggest you visit YouTube for many excellent videos demonstrating how to do this.

If you aren’t up for the challenge don’t worry. You can buy cooked lobster and you can even buy just the lobster tail where most of the meat is anyway. We just thought it would be fun to cook the whole lobster and use the shell for a fun photo.

Variations

I’m sure there are specific rules for the perfect Lobster Macaroni and Cheese but I'm not aware of them. I simply started with a basic cheese sauce, the one I use for everyday macaroni and cheese. I added some onion and garlic, used a combination of cheddar and Gruyere cheeses, folded in some lobster and that’s it. Since this is what I consider an extravagant dish it only makes good food sense to use real cream, or at least that’s how my mind works.

The sauce was so good I made a little extra. This recipe is going to give you more sauce than you need but I’m sure you’ll find a use for it like Croque Monsieur (a grilled ham and cheese with white sauce)..

Dinner Club Night Ideas

Many years ago I attended a Dinner Club evening with an East Coast theme. Our host grew up in Nova Scotia and had her dad ship live lobsters by air from Halifax to Calgary. Of course you can buy live lobsters in Calgary, but our hosts wanted them from home.

At that dinner newspapers were spread out on the table and all the lobster paraphernalia was provided. We wore lobster bibs, everyone had their own dish of melted butter and the necessary tools to extract the lobster meat from the shells. I don’t remember the rest of the menu but I do remember her story. A story of growing up in Nova Scotia and being dirt poor. In those days lobster was considered a poor man’s food and she remembers eating lobster sandwiches every day. Fortunately that memory didn't prevent her from hosting a fun Nova Scotia style lobster dinner.

Kitchen Tools

It wouldn't be a lobster boil without these disposable lobster bibs and lobster shelling tools. You can use them for mac 'n cheese too!

Gluten Free Lobster Macaroni and Cheese

If you love mac 'n cheese you'll love this decadent version made with lobster.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American, Canadian

Keyword: lobster mac and cheese

Author: Cinde Little

Ingredients

• ▢ 4 tablespoon butter
• ▢ 1 garlic clove, minced
• ▢ 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
• ▢ 3 tablespoon cornstarch
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ▢ 1 cup cream (10% or higher)
• ▢ 1 cup milk (1% or higher)
• ▢ 1 cup crumbled, sharp cheddar cheese (half a 230g tub of sharp cheddar)
• ▢ 1 cup grated Gruyere cheese
• ▢ 2 lobster tails (or 1 cooked lobster)
• ▢ 8 oz brown rice pasta

OPTIONAL CRUMB TOPPING

• ▢ ½ tablespoon butter, melted
• ▢ 3 tablespoon gluten free breadcrumbs
• ▢ 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
• ▢ 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh parsley
• ▢ GARNISH – fresh parsley, grated parmesan cheese and lobster shells

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Instructions

LOBSTER

• Boil lobster in salted water for 15 minutes. Cool quickly by placing it in cold water. It can be refrigerated over night at this point. Remove all lobster meat, cut into bite size pieces and set aside.

CHEESE SAUCE

• In a samll saucepan melt butter on medium low heat. Add onion and garlic, sauté for 5 minutes.
• Add cornstarch, salt and pepper and whisk until smooth.
• When slightly thickened slowly pour in a third of the cream and milk, stirring constantly. Allow to thicken then add the next third of the milk. Continue to stir over medium heat until sauce thickens, add the final third and sitr until thick.
• Add cheeses and stir until melted. Set aside.

PASTA

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain and rinse.
• Pour cheese sauce over pasta, fold in lobster meat and portion into serving dishes.
• Top with crumb topping or Parmesan cheese. Place under preheated broiler for 1-2 minutes to brown topping. Garnish and serve.

Notes

Cooking Gluten Free Pasta - Learn to precisely time your pasta to cook to your liking. Rinse it to stop the cooking process and serve it as quickly as possible.

If you've got a lobster story I'd love to hear it. If you've never cooked lobster I encourage you to give it a try. Just for fun.