Dress up macaroni and cheese with truffles

Truffle tastes go well with creamy, rich meals, and there is no better playground for this feature than handmade macaroni and cheese. Any sort of pasta and cheese, such as white cheddar and cavatappi or campanelle and gruyere, would suffice. Look for pasta with a large surface area for holding sauce, either hollow inside or with folds and texture for the cheese to grab onto. With toasted breadcrumbs on top, you've got a crowd-pleasing dish that can also be served as leftovers.

There are several ways to spruce up this meal to avoid the school cafeteria atmosphere. One of the most decadent is topped with a shave of real truffles. Keep an eye out for recipes that call for the use of truffle oil. This is a healthy and pleasant addition, however, most commercial truffle oils do not include truffles. Instead, they employ artificial substances. It is possible to obtain true truffle oil from vendors in Burgundy and Umbria, although truffle-flavored oil is far more prevalent.