
Macaroni Pie
A Barbados dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 18 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 23 minPrep (about)
- 55 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 18 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1.2 lb macaroni
Fresh & other
- 2 ½ tbsp butter
- 1.9 lb cheddar cheese
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cups milk
- 1 ½ tbsp ground onions
- ¼ cup + 1 ½ tsp breadcrumbs
- 1 ½ tbsp butter
- ¼ cup + 1 ½ tsp cheddar cheese
Sauces & oils
- 2 ¼ tsp mustard
Spices & seasonings (3): pepper, salt, cayenne pepper
- 2 ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Bring water to a boil.
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Add the salt, elbows and broken-up macaroni.
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Cook uncovered until soft but not overcooked (about 8 minutes).
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Heat hot oven.
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Do it to 350°F.
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Drain the macaroni well.
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Put it back into the same hot pot cooked in.
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Mix in the butter.
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Grate the cheese.
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Mix it with the macaroni while it's still warm.
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Whisk the egg until fluffy.
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Add the mustard, pepper sauce, salt, white pepper, onion powder and milk.
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Pour in with the macaroni.
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Mix.
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Place in a greased ovenproof baking dish.
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Top with fine breadcrumbs, some grated cheese and butter.
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Cook in the oven in the center of the oven for around 30-45 min, depending on the dish’s depth.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.