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This dish is incredible, elegant, decadent.
So if calories didn't count at all,
my ultimate fantasy dish is butter-poached lobster
and lump crab mac 'n cheese.
You heard it-- lobster lump crab mac 'n cheese.
I'm G. Garvin.
I'm a chef, restaurateur.
I'm a father, a husband, a friend, and a lover of food.
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This dish is an elevated, elite, crazy, food-fantasy mac 'n
cheese.
The inspiration is, you know, from when I grew up.
My mom made it.
Through my culinary journey, I wanted to learn to make
it to pay homage to my mom.
And honestly, it's damn delicious.
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So the first thing we're going to do is build the roof.
So you get that butter in.
And right away, you want to get in your flour.
No cheating.
You've got to make the sauce from scratch
if you want your mac 'n cheese to be the best.
Whisk in the milk and the cream.
You're going to season this.
Little bit of dried mustard, little garlic salt.
Got a little ground paprika.
This is something my mother really used a lot of,
and it just really enhances the flavor.
See you, Ma.
So let's start folding in some cheese.
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Brie is the secret ingredient.
This is what makes this a food-fantasy-worthy dish.
When you think about your cheese, choose wisely.
So we've got the Brie.
It's got this incredible creamy flavor.
The fontina-- nice and smoky.
The white cheddar-- also smoky.
The sharp cheddar-- great color and consistency.
So my attention to the cheese choice is absolutely paramount.
Ooh.
That's the way to go.
Next, we're going to take that pasta,
and we're just going to go in with this.
Anybody can do elbow pasta, penne pasta.
The cavatappi with the spirals--
it just grabs everything.
The cheese sauce, the cheese-- it grabs the pasta.
Calories don't count.
We got the butter in.
We're going to cut this lobster.
It's one thing to say I'm making lobster mac 'n cheese
and a little bit of lobster.
We lead with lobster.
And now the lobster is already cooked.
So this is only going to go in for just a second or two.
You just want to get that flavor from the butter.
Now, the lump crab.
Whoo.
Listen, don't cheat yourself.
Treat yourself.
Lightly mix it.
By my mama used to say, if I tell you I'm going to do
something, I'm going to do it.
You ready for it?
You ready?
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And I told you I was going to make lobster
and lump crab mac 'n cheese.
[WHISTLES] Oh, man.
That's exactly what you want.
This is what food is all about.
Top it with sourdough bread-crumb topping,
some fresh thyme.
Oh, and crispy bacon.
Everything is better with bacon.
We're going to go into the oven, 500 degrees,
until it's bubbling and golden brown.
There you have it.
That's how it goes down.
I've got no words for you.
If this mac 'n cheese were an instrument, it is--
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--the drums.
It is the bass.
It is the big band.
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This is good, man.
Come on, man.
Come on, now.