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Black Truffle Mac and Cheese
This Mac and Cheese recipe was chosen as the winning recipe in Season 1, Episode 9 of Top Chef by an esteemed panel of Napa Valley chefs. Now you can try it for yourself at home!
Prep Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Serves: 4
Directions:
Heat oil on stove top in stock pot and then add shallots and garlic and heavily sweat until aromatic. Deglaze with sherry and then add fresh herbs, truffles and cream and reduced cognac. Cook over low heat until reduced by half and truffle flavor is infused. Season and add parmesan and Tabasco. To this hot mixture add the cooked and drained noodles and the fontina and mix cheeses are melted. Taste noodles for seasoning and adjust as needed., Set aside.
Take small 4 -6 oz. baking dish and butter the bottom and sides. Set one slice of truffle on bottom of each dish. Then add noodles and sauce to the dish and top with the crumbled croutons, finely grated truffles and a pinch of the finely grated parmesan and back in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until mixture is bubbly and toasted on the top.
Heat evo in sauté pan and then add mirepoix and heavily caramelize. Then deglaze with sherry. Add truffles, demi glace and mushroom stock and reduce., Pan sear filets in EVO on high heat to just under medium rare and set aside to rest until they come to medium rare and slice. Place 3 strips of filet on plate and then add solid tablespoon of truffled mirepoix over the filet.
Heat oil in pan, add garlic and then add greens, lemon juice stock and seasoning. Cook until greens are heated through and season. Plate with other items.
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp. EVO
1 small shallot, brunoise
6 cloves of roasted garlic
3 oz of black truffles, sliced with truffle shaver
one quart of heavy mfg. cream
one cup of cognac, reduced to demi sec
2 tsp. fresh oregano, finely chopped
2 tsp. fresh thyme stems removed
1 Tbsp. sherry
2 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. white pepper
8 oz. Fontina, finely grated
6 oz Parmiggiano reggiano,finely grated
2 tsp. chipotle Tabasco
2 cups seasoned sourdough croutons, run thru food processor to turn into crumbs
1 lb Fresh pasta noodles (rigatoni or other noodle that will hold sauce), cooked in salt water to al dente
8 oz unsalted butter
3 oz sliced black truffles
EVO for pan
8 oz Angus Filet Mignon, seasoned on all sides with kosher salt and black pepper
2 oz black truffles
2 carrots, peeled and small dice
2 celery stalks, small dice
1/2 Maui onion, small dice
1/2 shallot, brunoise
2 tsp. fresh thyme stems removed
1/2 cup sherry
2 cups veal demi glace
1/2 cup mushroom stock
1/2 bunch Collard greens, cut into small strips
1 whole Radicchio, cut into small strips
juice of one Meyer lemon
one cup Mushroom stock
4 cloves garlic, sliced cisseler
Kosher salt and black pepper
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Comments
Marie wrote:
Can you just make it for me? I can't cook this stuff! LOL Looks yummy.
posted on July 26, 2007 at 9:14 PM
Scott wrote:
I have made this recipe many times now since watching this episode when it originally aired. Needless to say I have altered the recipe a bit over time (honestly, who needs black truffles in every dish?) but it is always stellar nonetheless. I can now see why Chef Tom always raved about Dave's "flavor profiles". Bravo Dave!
posted on September 25, 2007 at 8:08 PM
Rahel Klapheke wrote:
I made this dish for a 'top chef' dinner party (each couple was assigned a course). It was a hit and I learned a lot about ingredients, technique and cooking terms. Although it did take longer than anticipated and some of the ingredients are not readily available, i loved every minute of planning, cooking and execution of this dish.
posted on October 8, 2007 at 9:50 AM
John Petsco wrote:
Love this dish, my son (13) did the majority of the cooking while I supervised, he'll never eat kraft macoroni again
posted on October 15, 2007 at 3:54 PM
MH wrote:
Does anyone know how to make this dish substituting black truffle oil instead?
posted on November 29, 2007 at 11:58 AM
angenita wrote:
I love mac and cheese and never had truffles...will be preparing this recipe soon for my family...will let you know how it turns out
posted on May 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM
BJT wrote:
At the risk of sounding like a food idiot, WTF is EVO???
posted on May 15, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Ness wrote:
EVO= Extra Virgin Olive (oil)
posted on May 21, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Chris wrote:
I haven't MADE this yet, buy ordered it at Dave's restaurant "CRAVE on 42nd" in NYC. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to 2nd MH's previous question, "Does anyone know how to make this dish substituting black truffle oil instead?"
posted on June 12, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Chris wrote:
How do you get Cognac "reduced to demi sec" ?
posted on June 12, 2008 at 12:37 PM
what? wrote:
what does one cup of cognac, reduced to demi sec mean?...and how do i do that?
posted on June 14, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Jim wrote:
"honestly, who needs black truffles in every dish?"
INFIDEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D
(and I made this for the first time the other night--my knees literally went weak with ecstasy)
posted on June 20, 2008 at 6:47 AM