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Easy Truffled Mac and Cheese

November 13, 2018 by Fiona Maclean 72 Comments

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Last Updated on February 3, 2021 by Fiona Maclean

Truffle Mac and Cheese Recipe:

This time of year, with heaps of golden leaves on the ground and the smell of damp, mushroomy autumn into winter,  brings with it all kinds of culinary scents and flavours.  For me, from late October through winter, I crave comfort foods like this easy truffled Mac and Cheese, baked in the oven, warming the whole of my kitchen study area.  If I am making anything special in autumn, my mind tends to turn to truffles, along with red wine, warming spices and buttery dauphinoise. Earthy, aromatic and uniquely flavoured, truffles, when I can get hold of them, are one of my favourite additions to dishes like Mac and Cheese.  While I don’t generally have fresh truffles in the house, I make something that is so close my own palate can’t tell the difference, using white truffle oil and good quality cheese.  Occasionally I’ll have leftovers from a dinner party of a truffled goats cheese that I buy at Borough Market, but unsurprisingly it’s never enough without a dash of truffle oil.

Truffled Mac and Cheese

The winter white truffle is sometimes called the ‘Alba or Piedmont Truffle’.  It’s commonly found in the Piedmont region of Italy, where it hides, a few inches down in the earth, under the roots of hardwood trees like oak and chestnut.  Specially trained dogs are now used to sniff them out.  Historically, the truffle hunting was done by sows (female pigs), but apparently, the truffles smell like porcine pheremones – and the pigs had a habit of enthusiastically finding and then eating them!  That leads me to wonder why they are so popular with humans – perhaps there is a similarity between pig and human pheremones?  Whatever, in their natural state, white truffles are extremely expensive.  Fifteen grams of winter white truffle will set you back £75.  So, using white truffle oil if you are making a truffled mac and cheese is really not a bad idea!

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I was thrilled to be sent a bottle of white truffle oil from Fine Food Specialist UK just as the weather started to get chilly this week.  And, I decided to make up some Mac and Cheese so I could photograph and share the recipe with you.

White Truffle Oil

Without further ado, here’s how to make a truffled Mac and Cheese.

4.84 from 30 votes
Truffled Mac and Cheese
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Truffled Mac and Cheese
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Easy Recipe for Truffled Mac and Cheese using truffle oil

Course: Main, Main Course, Main Dish, Side Dish
Cuisine: British
Keyword: Bake, Mac and Cheese, Macaroni, pasta, Savoury, Truffle
Servings: 1
Calories: 360 kcal
Author: Fiona Maclean
Ingredients
  • 140 g Dried Pasta of your choice Macaroni if you like, I used Fusillata Casareccia, longer tubes of pasta
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 2 tbsp Cornflour You can use flour if you prefer, but cornflour is lighter and will blend more easily)
  • 50 g Butter
  • 150 g Mild cheese such as Comte, Gruyere, Jarlsberg or Monterey Jack I used leftover Comte and mild cheddar, with some scraps of leftover scraps of truffled goats cheese. This is a good way to use up oddments of cheese
  • 4-5 drops White Truffle Oil
  • 1 handful Parsley finely chopped
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Make up the pasta according to the packet mix, once cooked to al-dente (e.g. about a minute before the packet suggests it will be done) drain and put to one side.  Heat the oven to 180C

  2. Melt the butter in a heavy based pan

  3. Stir through the cornflour or flour to make a roux and heat gently for a few seconds

  4. Over a medium heat add the milk, little by little, stirring all the time.  

  5. Continue to stir until the mixture boils and thickens and all the lumps are gone.  If the sauce is too thick add more milk until you have something the consistency of double cream

  6. Grate all the cheese

  7. Stir three-quarters of the grated cheese into the white sauce

  8. Taste and season with salt and pepper.  NB it is important to leave seasoning till this stage as the cheese can be salty!

  9. Stir through all the pasta and add the truffle oil.  Mix gently

  10. Tip into an ovenproof casserole and top with the remaining cheese

  11. Put uncovered in the oven at 180C and bake for 15 minutes or so until the top has a nice golden crust and the whole mixture is bubbling gently

  12. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve piping hot

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Recipe Notes

A delicious and fragrant truffled mac and cheese recipe

What do I like best about this recipe?  The addition of just a little truffle oil lifts it to something very special but you can make it your own by adding a few extras!

Truffled Mac and Cheese 2

You could add scraps of ham or leftover chicken if you wanted to pimp it up further.  It needs nothing more than a green salad to make the perfect winter supper.  Or if you happen to be feeling totally indulgent, it makes a great side dish for a good steak!

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Now, where’s this going?  Well, I’m delighted that I’ve got a bottle of White Truffle Oil from Finefoodspecialist.co.uk to give away to one lucky London-Unattached reader.  All you need to do is to complete the rafflecopter, remembering to answer the mandatory question – what would YOU use the white truffle oil for?  Here’s another idea for me which is utterly delicious – wild mushrooms with soft boiled truffled quails eggs. I’m really looking forward to hearing what you come up with!

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Oh and if you like the look of this recipe, why not pin it for later!

Truffled Mac and Cheese Recipe

Filed Under: Lunch, Mains, Recipes, side dish, Vegetarian Tagged With: cheese, Pasta, truffle, truffles

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. Mary Baldwin says

    April 19, 2020 at 12:31 am

    This sounds lush, but as I find mac n cheese a little rich, I’m going to add some halved cherry tomatoes as well.

    Reply
  2. Tracey Anderson says

    December 9, 2019 at 4:22 pm

    Sounds amazingly delicious! A proper Winter warmer and total comfort food! x

    Reply
  3. Eleanor Beavan says

    November 10, 2019 at 5:02 pm

    That looks gorgeous

    Reply
  4. Cassandra D says

    February 6, 2019 at 6:52 pm

    I want to make this recipe. This recipe looks good.

    Reply
  5. James Travis says

    February 3, 2019 at 9:14 pm

    This looks delicious

    Reply
  6. Rachael Sexey says

    January 16, 2019 at 7:00 am

    I would use it in a mushroom risotto yummy 💕

    Reply
  7. Rich Tyler says

    January 14, 2019 at 12:10 am

    This sounds YUMMY

    Reply
  8. Laura Turner says

    December 14, 2018 at 11:20 am

    I love mac and cheese, but for some reason, it’s one of those things I never think to make. Well I’m not going to forget this recipe in a hurry.

    Reply
  9. Cassandra D says

    December 13, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    On mac and cheese.

    Reply
  10. Louise Crocker says

    December 13, 2018 at 7:46 pm

    I use truffle oil on my spaghetti dishes

    Reply
  11. Charmian Filewood says

    December 13, 2018 at 12:51 pm

    On pizzas, in pasta dishes and I am thinking on a mushroom omelette

    Reply
  12. MANDY DOHERTY says

    December 12, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    I’d add it to my risotto and salads

    Reply
  13. Julia Kerr says

    December 11, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    Mac and cheese looks amazing

    Reply
  14. clair downham says

    December 11, 2018 at 5:21 am

    i would add to pasta meals or drizzle over pizza

    Reply
  15. Julia Kerr says

    December 11, 2018 at 12:25 am

    I think that it would go really nicely in a risotto

    Reply
  16. maria says

    December 10, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    I would use it in a nice italian pasta dish

    Reply
  17. Zoe Payne says

    December 4, 2018 at 11:41 am

    with pesto past\

    Reply
  18. Megan Kinsey says

    December 3, 2018 at 6:53 am

    In a mushroom and veggie risotto

    Reply
  19. Maxine G says

    December 1, 2018 at 8:45 pm

    sprinkled liberally over a mushroom pizza or with a mushroom cream sauce & pasta

    Reply
  20. Ash R says

    November 25, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    I would use it in a risotto i think 🙂

    Reply
  21. Margaret Gallagher says

    November 25, 2018 at 7:22 pm

    Definately an omlette – truffle oil makes all the difference

    Reply
  22. Helen Grayson says

    November 22, 2018 at 3:32 pm

    I’d use it in a white omlette

    Reply
  23. Jenn Gillies says

    November 22, 2018 at 2:53 pm

    Looks delicious

    Reply
  24. Jenn Gillies says

    November 22, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    I would use it to finish off a really luxurious lobster Mac and cheese.

    Reply
  25. Carolyn says

    November 21, 2018 at 10:01 pm

    I’d use white truffle oil on my scrambled eggs and on my homemade pasta.

    Reply
  26. Laura Chapman says

    November 20, 2018 at 11:02 am

    I’d love to drizzle it over mushrooms and bake in the oven topped with stilton!

    Reply
  27. Jane Willis says

    November 19, 2018 at 5:09 pm

    I would drizzle it over a wild mushroom omelette

    Reply
  28. Melanie Gardiner says

    November 18, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    Seafood marinara and risotto’s

    Reply
  29. Megan says

    November 18, 2018 at 5:32 pm

    I would sprinkle a little it of truffle oil on pizzas and in risottos

    Reply
  30. Sharon says

    November 18, 2018 at 5:10 am

    It would be perfect for mushroom risotto!

    Reply
    • Sharon says

      November 18, 2018 at 5:14 am

      And pasta dishes!

      Reply
  31. natalie Crossan says

    November 17, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    On chips – I had that in jamie’s Italian once and it was so yum!

    Reply
  32. Liz Slade says

    November 17, 2018 at 5:51 pm

    I’d drizzle it over a simple green salad for added decadence

    Reply
  33. Jodie Green says

    November 17, 2018 at 2:27 pm

    in a mushroom risotto!

    Reply
  34. Sarah Rees says

    November 16, 2018 at 8:02 pm

    I would use a little on pizzas

    Reply
  35. leanne weir says

    November 15, 2018 at 11:16 pm

    With pasta

    Reply
  36. Fiona jk42 says

    November 15, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    I would use it in risotto, not just mushroom risotto but other types of risotto as well

    Reply
  37. Jamie Piper says

    November 15, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    love me a bit of mac and cheese

    Reply
  38. ADEINNE TONNER says

    November 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    I would love to try it with some pasta and cheese

    Reply
  39. Karen R says

    November 15, 2018 at 7:51 am

    SOunds perfect for all kinds of pasta and pasta baked dishes xx

    Reply
  40. Rich Tyler says

    November 15, 2018 at 1:00 am

    Be amazing in a risotto, posh nosh!

    Reply
  41. Louise A says

    November 14, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    I’d drizzle it over a mushroom pizza

    Reply
  42. Bob Clark says

    November 14, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    mushroom risotto

    Reply
  43. Helen Tovell says

    November 14, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    I would use it over a lovely fresh risotto

    Reply
  44. frances hopkins says

    November 14, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    I’d give it a go with Pasta or fish

    Reply
  45. Christine Dodd says

    November 14, 2018 at 6:49 pm

    I’d go for it on scrambled egg

    Reply
  46. Laura Banks says

    November 14, 2018 at 6:33 pm

    i would add it to my pasta dishes

    Reply
  47. Jean Cassell says

    November 14, 2018 at 6:13 pm

    Just a little sprinkle on pasta with basil pesto

    Reply
  48. Laura Jeffs says

    November 14, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    I’d use it on pizza, pasta, risotto and veggies

    Reply
  49. Jackie Howell says

    November 14, 2018 at 3:44 pm

    love it with pasta

    Reply
  50. nicola dean says

    November 14, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    I would use it salads and with meat.

    Reply
  51. Keith Embleton says

    November 14, 2018 at 1:24 pm

    0n our home made pizza

    Reply
  52. Amy Bondoc says

    November 14, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    ive not used it before, but id probably follow your recipes, mac n chesse is my ultimate favourite meal

    Reply
  53. Louise says

    November 14, 2018 at 11:28 am

    Truffle Oil Popcorn with Rosemary and Garlic

    Reply
  54. Iris says

    November 14, 2018 at 11:19 am

    I would use this on mushroom risotto or on some pasta dishes

    Reply
  55. Lucy says

    November 14, 2018 at 10:04 am

    I would use it in mash or in a nice risotto! 🙂

    Reply
  56. Caroline H says

    November 14, 2018 at 9:52 am

    I;d use it in a wild mushroom risotto.

    Reply
  57. Andrea Upton says

    November 14, 2018 at 8:51 am

    I would use it in one of my pasta dishes, I am sure it would also make a lovely salad dressing

    Reply
  58. Jo McPherson says

    November 14, 2018 at 8:29 am

    I’d drizzle it over pasta

    Reply
  59. Tom D says

    November 14, 2018 at 7:50 am

    I think I would probably try it with a simple mushroom omelette.

    Reply
  60. Simon LC says

    November 14, 2018 at 7:21 am

    With pasta

    Reply
  61. Karen Barrett says

    November 14, 2018 at 7:11 am

    Pan fried scallops and black pudding

    Reply
  62. Andrew Petrie says

    November 14, 2018 at 6:48 am

    I would add it to pasta dishes and I might try it on some salads.

    Reply
  63. Collette SR says

    November 14, 2018 at 3:21 am

    truffle oil vinaigrette and truffled popcorn

    Reply
  64. Hayley Garner says

    November 14, 2018 at 12:17 am

    I’d love to try it in Mac and cheese

    Reply
  65. Mary Dalton says

    November 13, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    I’d use it with an egg dish, truffles really give them a lift.

    Reply
  66. Katie B says

    November 13, 2018 at 11:42 pm

    Pizzas or pasta, also with eggs. Nom

    Reply
  67. Lauren Mason says

    November 13, 2018 at 11:17 pm

    This looks so yummy… I’ve booked marked to try !!

    Reply
  68. glenn hutton says

    November 13, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    I would use it on pizza’s, mash or pasta dishes! 🙂

    Reply
  69. Solange says

    November 13, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    I’d use it as a finishing oil in pasta dishes and pizzas,

    Reply
  70. olivia Kirby says

    November 13, 2018 at 1:44 pm

    I would use it with eggs, scrambled and poached and maybe to make a vinaigrette.

    Reply
  71. Fiona Maclean says

    November 13, 2018 at 10:56 am

    delicious!

    Reply

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