Truffle Mac and Cheese

Name: Truffle Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb rigatoni; 2 tbsp black truffle paste; 4 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 2 ½ cups whole milk; 2 cups fontina, shredded; ½ cup parmesan, grated; 1 cup panko; 1 tbsp truffle oil; salt to taste

Elegant black truffle mac with a double-cream fontina sauce and a parmesan panko crust. Stirring the truffle paste into the béchamel once it's off the direct heat preserves its delicate aroma instead of cooking it away.

Total time

45 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

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Ingredients

1 lbrigatoni

2 tbspblack truffle paste

4 tbspbutter

3 tbspflour

2 ½ cupswhole milk

2 cupsfontina, shredded

½ cupparmesan, grated

1 cuppanko

1 tbsptruffle oil

saltto taste

Instructions

Make béchamel; stir in fontina until melted. Stir in truffle paste.

Cook pasta al dente; drain; fold into sauce.

Pour into greased baking dish. Combine panko with truffle oil and parmesan; scatter over top.

Bake at 375°F for 25 minutes until golden.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

629

Protein

33.6g

Fat

33.6g

Carbs

47.6g

Fiber

2.2g

Sodium

958mg

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