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December 2, 2013

The Best Truffle Mac and Cheese Recipe

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This is, hands down, the best truffle mac and cheese recipe on the planet! This is perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, but is also a fabulous and gourmet side dish any day of the year. 

I have never claimed to be a gourmet chef, or an expert on food. But one thing I do claim? Greg and I have the best truffle mac and cheese recipe. I don’t mean to brag (okay, maybe I do), but nothing I’ve tried out there comes close. We have made this every year since we got married and it is always a hit with our family and friends.

Greg and I went to Smith and Wollensky (which no longer exists… boo) for Houston Restaurant Week years back and ordered some truffle mac and cheese. We obsessed over how good it was and set out to make our own. So we developed our own recipe. It’s a combination of three different ones we found, taking the best. We have best truffle mac and cheese recipe for sure. I think what sets ours apart from other recipes is using cavatappi noodles, the panko breadcrumbs, and the hand-grated aged white cheddar. Obviously, the truffle oil takes this over the top.

Aww! It’s newlywed Meg & Greg with one of our first trial runs of this recipe! Aren’t we precious?  To this day, we haven’t changed a thing with this recipe because it’s that good. We have requests for it for every major holiday. It is truly is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinners. It doesn’t disappoint.

And you know it’s about to get good when you start out with butter, onions, rosemary, thyme, basil, half and half, heavy whipping cream, cheddar, truffle oil and wine. Just sayin’. Now let’s just get to the good stuff – the recipe. Just as an FYI, we have made this recipe with both black and white truffle oil and it comes out tasting the same. Only difference is you need to use more white truffle oil to get it to the desired flavor.

The Best Truffle Mac & Cheese

The Best Truffle Mac & Cheese
Perfect for holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, but is also a fabulous and gourmet side dish any day of the year. 

Ingredients

  • 1 lb cavatappi pasta (If you cannot find it, you can use any small noodle)
  • 1 and 1/4 sticks of butter
  • 3/4 cup chopped red onion
  • 2 Tbsp minced garlic
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 16 oz. block white aged cheddar, shredded
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
  • 1 cup skim milk
  • 1/2 cup half & half
  • 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil, thyme and rosemary (1/4 cup total, not of each herb)
  • cracked black pepper (to taste)
  • 1/2 cup (or more) Japanese panko breadcrumbs
  • Splash white wine (about 1/4 cup)
  • If you have black truffle oil: 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp black truffle oil (this is to your preference – start with 1 Tbsp and if that’s enough for you, stop there. Black truffle oil is more expensive and also more intense. I always add more to taste if the mood strikes me.)
  • If you have white truffle oil: 3 Tbsp

Instructions

      1. Boil cavatappi per package instructions, set aside.
      2. Add butter to pot over medium-high heat. Saute the onions and garlic until they turn slightly brown. Add the flour and whisk together for 3 minutes to make a blonde roux.
      3. Whisk in the milk, half and half, heavy whipping cream, and a splash of white wine and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to prevent the roux from burning. You may have to keep adding in additional skim milk if you think it’s looking a little too “flour-y”. Just eyeball it.
      4. Cook until the roux has dissolved completely and you can no longer taste the flour.
      5. Add the fresh herbs, the truffle oil, the cheddar, and half of the parmesan until dissolved.
      6. Season with cracked black pepper (to taste). Incorporate the cooked cavatappi into the sauce.
      7. Put ingredients into a baking dish. Sprinkle bread crumbs and remaining parmesan cheese on top evenly.
      8. Place under a broiler for a few minutes until top becomes golden brown.
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I hope y’all give the best truffle mac and cheese recipe a try for your next family get-together! Or just because. Let’s face it, you don’t need a reason to make truffle mac and cheese.

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  1. Julianne says

    December 2, 2013 at 3:06 pm

    I want a HUGE helping of this right now. right. now.

    Reply
  2. Sarah says

    December 2, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    Stop with this deliciousness!

    I’m pretty sure I would eat cardboard if it had truffle on it.

    Reply
  3. Leslie says

    December 2, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    I’ve never heard of this! I’m going to have to give it a try. You guys have definitely made it look delicious! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. Nichole C says

    December 7, 2013 at 8:44 am

    This sounds amazing! I need to make!

    Reply
  5. Lourdes says

    November 24, 2014 at 3:29 pm

    Hi! I can’t wait to try this. Question. When do you add in the pasta??
    Thank you!

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    • Meg O. says

      November 24, 2014 at 3:59 pm

      Sorry, I didn’t realize I hadn’t added that step! You want to incorporate the cooked pasta before you add everything to the baking dish! I hope you LOVE it! We’re making it again for Thanksgiving this year 🙂

      Reply
      • Lourdes says

        November 24, 2014 at 5:13 pm

        Thank you!! I’m going to make this and bring it to my family’s Thanksgiving dinner 🙂 can’t wait!

        Reply
  6. Rachel says

    November 25, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Looks like a great recipe – but difficult to determine when/how the pasta makes it into the dish as it is not discussed in the recipe! I assume we boil the pasta and put into casserole dish before adding the sauce mixture.

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    • Meg O. says

      November 25, 2014 at 8:56 pm

      It is in the recipe! I just forgot to add at the beginning to cook the pasta per package instructions. You’re correct – you incorporate the cooked cavatappi before transferring everything to the baking dish.

      Reply
  7. Debbie says

    November 29, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    This recipe is the BOMB! I do not normally try new recipes on Thanksgiving BUT considering the ingredients in this and fact I’ve got a traditional Mac n Cheese recipe down pat … I just knew it would be okay. So so pleased with how this turned out for me. The only change I made was not using skim milk and instead using more half n half to make up for it … of course that made it much more fattening LOL. This recipe was a HIT and it will definitely be made again in my house!!!! Just wanted you to know … a much loved recipe!!!

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    • Meg O. says

      December 4, 2014 at 9:21 pm

      Sorry I’m just replying but I’m SO GLAD that the recipe turned out amazing for you! It makes me so happy to hear that other people love it as much as we do! Now can you see why our family requests it all the time?!? It’s seriously an obsession for us. Haha! And hey, I’m sure the extra fat from the half and half tasted awesome. We used milk just to thin out the flour more but if it worked great with the half and half that’s awesome too!

      Reply
  8. Amy says

    December 20, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    Hi Meg! I am going to try this recipe tomorrow, but I have a question – is it 1/4 cup total of fresh herbs? Or, is it 1/4 cup of each of the fresh herbs listed? Thank you!

    Reply
  9. beth says

    December 22, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    For the fresh herbs, recipe says 1/4 cup of all three herbs. Is that 1/4 cup of each one? Or combined? Seems like a lot so just want to be sure which! Thank you. Looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Meg O. says

      December 22, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      It’s 1/4 cup total for all the herbs! I hope that you enjoy the recipe as much as we do! 🙂 Merry Christmas!

      Reply
  10. Katy says

    March 20, 2015 at 10:29 am

    I made this for dinner last night, and my Italian boyfriend said it was the best mac & cheese he had ever had!

    Reply
  11. Valerie D says

    May 25, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    Have you tried making this with fresh truffles? I have some black ones on hand and this looks so good, I just don’t know the ratio of fresh truffles v. the truffle oil. any suggestions/ideas?

    Reply
  12. Kelly Kane says

    July 24, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    Made this tonight, and it was fantastic! I did have to add more milk to loosen the cheese sauce a bit. It was too thick initially. I used a Welsh aged white cheddar, freshly shredded. I also used black truffle oil, since that’s what I had. I would suggest revising the recipe to indicate that 1/4 cup of rosemary, thyme, and basil COMBINED is needed, and NOT 1/4 cup each of the three herbs. I cook a lot, so I knew it was 1/4 cup total, but I could see someone potentially being confused by the way it’s written. Highly recommend this recipe!!!! So yummy! Went great with BBQ shredded chicken sandwiches, too!

    Reply
  13. Anh says

    November 22, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    Went through a billion truffled mac and cheese recipes and thought this one sounded the best! Buying ingredients tonight and will be making it for Thanksgiving! Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  14. Stephanie says

    May 1, 2017 at 11:46 am

    How much butter is 1 and a 1/4 sticks? a 1 lb stick or a 1/2 lb stick?

    Reply
  15. victoria kreisberg says

    November 16, 2017 at 3:48 pm

    whats the serving size on this? I’m going to make it for a friendsgiving 🙂 Also, where do you buy your truffle oil?

    Reply
    • Meg O. says

      November 16, 2017 at 4:33 pm

      Hey Victoria!! I would say that this serves a big group… like 8+ people pretty well! It’s so rich you don’t want to eat like half the pan, haha!! I haven’t had trouble finding truffle oil at my local grocery store. Ask around because it may be a little hidden! If they don’t have it, check out world market or a specialty grocery store. I know whole foods has it too!

      Reply
      • Denise says

        November 4, 2019 at 9:45 am

        Can you make this a day before?

        Reply
        • Meg O. says

          November 5, 2019 at 11:52 pm

          Yes, you definitely can! We have done that before! We will make it all except the breadcrumbs/Parmesan on top and put in in the fridge. The day of, we’ll warm up in the oven and then broil with the breadcrumbs/Parmesan!

          Reply
          • Jade says

            November 13, 2019 at 2:13 pm

            How long do you earn it up on the oven to make sure it’s warmed through? Does that dry it out?

          • Meg O. says

            November 13, 2019 at 2:41 pm

            Are you asking about if you make it ahead of time and need to re-heat? We have done that before – we will just do everything besides the breadcrumbs and then cover and put it in the fridge. When it’s time to get it ready to serve, we’ll heat the oven to 350 and just kind of eyeball it (20-30 minutes I think?). At the very end, we’ll take it out, add the breadcrumbs/cheese and broil for a few minutes. I never feel like it gets dried out if we make it beforehand and reheat/broil!

            If you’re making it and serving it immediately, it is already warm enough between the cooking on the stove and the broiling with the breadcrumbs.

  16. Alex G says

    November 19, 2019 at 10:01 pm

    You were not lying. This is best ever. Made it for my 13yo’s birthday (he wanted to try truffles). Also I didn’t believe you that this would serve 8. I almost doubled it. Glad I didn’t… it fed 6 of us for dinner with just some zucchini and squash on the side… and had 4 serves leftover !

    Reply
    • Meg O. says

      November 19, 2019 at 10:44 pm

      Ahh yay! I’m SO glad you all loved it! It does make a big pan and we always seem to have leftovers too with our big group!!

      Reply
  17. Ashley says

    May 11, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    What is the difference between using whole milk and skim milk for this recipe?

    Reply
  18. bali kratom says

    August 11, 2020 at 2:53 am

    Delicious recipe thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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