Does anyone remember the speech I gave about macaroni pie in my Baked Mac and Cheese post. If you don’t, here’s a quick recap. Americans say Baked Mac and Cheese and people from the Caribbean say Macaroni Pie. The end. I made some macaroni pie. My way. And guess what? Out of everything else on his plate, the American ate allllll of his macaroni pie. HA! So I guess my macaroni pie is here to stay. Now for those who are wondering what’s the difference, well a macaroni pie (do not scoff at the name), is basically a dressed up baked mac and cheese. The one I’m sharing today is very simple and delicious and probably isn’t as scary as the name may sound to you.
Ingredients:
1 box of pasta, elbows or small shells
1 0r 2 eggs (I used one this time)
loads of white cheddar cheese
loads of yellow cheddar cheese
1 cup of whole milk
1/4 small onion, minced
1/4 green pepper, grated finely
1 tsp paprika
1/2 cup chicken stock or broth
1/2 stick butter
1/2 tbsp sugar (yes, sugar)
salt and ground pepper to taste
seasoned breadcrumbs for topping
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
3. To the pot with drained pasta, add your butter, milk, chicken stock, sugar, onions, green pepper, paprika and cheese. Mix well then add eggs
4. Pour the macaroni mixture in a 8 inch square baking dish.
Cover macaroni with the cheese that was reserved for topping
Then sprinkle breadcrumbs over the top
Bake in a preheated oven (covered for about 30 minutes), then remove covering and continue to bake for another 30 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean (and the top is golden brown)
Serve it up and enjoy!
Bye For Now…..
IamSimplyTia 
My kids would love this!
I am going to do it for thanks giving dinner with my family. Then my family and i will try it
Enjoy!!!
I la-la-love macaroni. Especially of the baked kind. This might have to be our next attempt! :)
I haven’t had my Sunday lunch as yet so the delicious look of this macaroni pie is driving me crazy. Grrrr.
yumm, i have to try this!
GLORY this looks good. My baked Mac and Cheese never is as…firm….Maybe I’m missing the egg component. Fabulous post!
I am trying this
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Wow, this looks and sounds delicious!!
It is! I hope you try it soon.
Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an really long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyhow, just wanted to say wonderful blog!
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I’ve been thinking about making macaroni and cheese for a long time…calling it a pie makes alot of sense!
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I made your macaroni pie recipe for Thanksgiving dinner and my family loved it. Never heard it called ‘macaroni pie’, and my family background is in Trinidad and Grenada. Definitely keeping this one in my recipe box. Thank you for sharing!
1/2 stick of butter was mentioned in the ingredients list but nowhere does it say where you add that butter in the recipe. Help!
My apologies for taking so long to respond. After you drain the pasta and then return it to the pot, add the butter. The noodles would be hot enough to melt the butter. Continue with the instructions after this.
Will fix it in recipe. Thanks so much for bringing it to my attention and thanks for visiting my site!