Macaroni pie - does anyone else make it?

farmgran

I've never heard of macaroni pie, it sounds tasty though.
I like my macaroni n cauliflower cheese.
Cook the cauli and macaroni together for 10 min. Drain
Make cheese sauce by frying chopped bacon n onion in butter. Add flour and then milk and stir till thick n then add grated cheese. Season with salt, mustard powder and Worcester sauce. Add to mac n cauli in baking dish. Top with Panko crumbs n cheese and brown in oven.

I make a cauli-mac, too, just with a good mature Cheddar sauce (I add a little English mustard) , cauliflower simmered for just 3 minutes (we like it al dente) , more cheese and breadcrumbs on top, brown under the grill.

I once made it for unexpected guests when I happened to have plenty of everything - there wasn’t a scrap left!

I've done that too - it's lovely with a little bit of chopped bacon mixed through it too.

I’ve just made my second one. Because I make banana bread or tea loaf each week I always like to cook something else at the same time and it’s perfect for putting on another shelf. I messed up the first one because I used some old grated cheese that I had in the freezer and I think they add flour to it to stop it sticking together and it didn’t melt into the macaroni properly. Last nights was far better except for the fact that the milk and egg mixture spilled over onto the floor when I was putting it in the over and I had to clean the floor. I’ve added some cayenne pepper to it and also some grated cheese to the top. I’m definitely going to add it to the rather limited number of meals that I cook and freeze on a regular basis. I’m going to make a smaller amount in a deeper dish in future.

I’ve just bought some Panko for another recipe ( I’ve never heard of them before).