{"id":61749,"date":"2022-07-19T15:33:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/food-beverage\/signature-recipe-pinnacle-grill-lobster-mac-cheese\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:42:16","slug":"lobster-baked-mac-and-cheese-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/whats-new\/lobster-baked-mac-and-cheese-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Signature Recipe: Pinnacle Grill Lobster Mac &amp; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular dishes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/en_US\/dining\/pinnacle-grill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinnacle Grill<\/a> is the Lobster Mac &amp; Cheese featuring Beecher&#8217;s Cheese, one of our Seattle-based culinary partners. This perfect pairing melds the creamy goodness of mac &amp; cheese with a bonus of delicious lobster, and now you can bring our kitchen home to yours with the recipe. Whether you prepare it for your main course or as a side dish to share, we&#8217;re sure this recipe will become a household regular.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INGREDIENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 ounces penne pasta<br \/>\n8 ounces Beecher&#8217;s Flagship cheese, grated (about 2 cups)<br \/>\n2 ounces Beecher&#8217;s Just Jack cheese, grated (about 1\/2 cup)<br \/>\n1 1\/2 cups milk<br \/>\n2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons all-purpose flour<br \/>\n2 tablespoons unsalted butter<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon Kosher salt<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon chili powder<br \/>\nPinch garlic powder<br \/>\nPrecooked lobster tail<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSTRUCTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Preheat oven to 350\u02daF.<br \/>\n2. Cook penne 2 minutes less than package directions. Rinse in cold water and set aside.<br \/>\n3. Melt butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour. Continue whisking and cook for 2 minutes. Slowly add milk while whisking. Cook until sauce thickens, about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat.<br \/>\n4. Add 1 3\/4 cups Flagship cheese, 1\/4 cup Just Jack cheese, salt, chili powder and garlic powder. Stir until cheese is melted and all ingredients are incorporated, about 3 minutes.<br \/>\n5. Combine pasta and sauce in a large bowl and mix carefully. Chop the lobster tail into bite-size pieces and gently toss into the Mac &amp; Cheese mixture. Then, scrape into an 8-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and chili powder.<br \/>\n6. Bake, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Let Mac &amp; Cheese sit for 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular dishes in Pinnacle Grill is the Lobster Mac &amp; Cheese featuring Beecher&#8217;s Cheese, one of our Seattle-based culinary partners. This perfect pairing melds the creamy goodness of mac &amp; cheese with a bonus of delicious lobster, and now you can bring our kitchen home to yours with the recipe. Whether you prepare it for your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1876,"featured_media":61750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[4195,456],"class_list":["post-61749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-new","tag-food-drink","tag-recipes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1876"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61749"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72064,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61749\/revisions\/72064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollandamerica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}