Macaroni pie - does anyone else make it?

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

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

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 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.

Lovetopaint037

Njgella said this evening it is Mac n cheese. Thought it was funny as this thread was debating it.

I also think that's funny, Lovetopaint.

Maybe the Italians brought the recipe over to Scotland, who knows?

I think the Scot’s took that recipe to New York, then just shortened the name to Mac n Cheese

I have never heard of this but it sounds interesting. Thanks for posting the recipe. I will give it a try. I suppose you could add cherry tomatoes as I do with ordinary macaroni cheese.

Doodledog

Macaroni Pie is very popular in Barbados, of all places. I went to a Caribbean party a while ago and took this on the recommendation of a Caribbean friend, and it went down very well. The recipe makes a lot though, so maybe consider reducing the quantities if you make it:

Ingredients
400g macaroni
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbls butter
jalapenos, finely diced (I used about 1/2 a jar, but the Barbadians would use it all)
1 tblsp paprika (I used smoked)
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp chilli flakes
2 eggs, beaten
2 large cans evaporated milk (the same size as a tin of beans, and not condensed milk )
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
Salt & pepper, to taste
2 balls grated mozzarella
8 oz grated cheddar cheese
fresh breadcrumbs (I used a stick of garlic bread fizzed in the blender)

Instructions
Preheat oven to 180˚C (gas 4) and grease a large dish.

Cook macaroni according to the directions on the packet. Once cooked, drain and place back in pot to cool.

Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add 2 tablespoons of butter to pan. Add in diced onion and sauté until caramelised, around 7 minutes. Add in minced garlic, jalepenos, chilli,flakes, paprika and thyme and sauté for another minute.
Pour mixture from frying pan over cooked macaroni and stir to combine.

In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add evaporated milk, mustard and salt and pepper to taste. Pour egg mixture over the macaroni and stir to combine. Stir in 1 ball of mozzarella and 4 oz of cheddar. Tip the macaroni mixture into greased casserole tin. Top with remaining cheese and breadcrumbs.
Bake for 20 minutes or until browned and bubbling Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Sounds brilliant Doodle I am always on the lookout for new vegetarian recipes. I will give a go with reduced amounts of ingredients. Meghan Markle puts extra water in her recipes and doesn't boil the pasta first. I wonder if it would work for this recipe. I have been making mushroom lasagne for years without boiling first and it seems to work.

Mt61

We have always called it Macaroni cheese, but my grandson is only young, if we take him out to eat, the menu, usually states, ‘Mac n Cheese’ & it’s has stuck.

RosieandherMaw

We have always called it Macaroni cheese, but my grandson is only young, if we take him out to eat, the menu, usually states, ‘Mac n Cheese’ & it’s has stuck.

The sweet macaroni dish that I loved was actually a Jewish kugel . I have numerous recipes for it .
I still love a savoury macaroni dish as well .
The weather is far too hot for such a warming dish !

Njgella said this evening it is Mac n cheese. Thought it was funny as this thread was debating it.

Witzend

FranP

MayBee70

Can you freeze it? I've got a surplus of milk as I don't seem to be using as much but don't want to cut back on my order from the milkman.

As you can buy it in the frozen food section of the supermarket, I would guess so. I have frozen leftover cheese sauce before.

I don’t know, I never tried, but why not freeze the milk? I regularly freeze some, particularly if we’re about to go away and it won’t be used otherwise.

I do.And if we’re going away I use it to keep everything else cold. I don’t know why I’m using so much less these days. It must be my evening fasting.

I enjoy it with tomato purée in the béchamel on bacon on top when in the oven. Yum!

Witzend, I’m going to save this recipe, macaroni cheese is my all time favourite meal, when all the grandchildren were living here I made it every week.
Sadly my cholesterol levels have put a stop to that, but this sounds great for when we’re a houseful.

FranP

MayBee70

Can you freeze it? I've got a surplus of milk as I don't seem to be using as much but don't want to cut back on my order from the milkman.

As you can buy it in the frozen food section of the supermarket, I would guess so. I have frozen leftover cheese sauce before.

I don’t know, I never tried, but why not freeze the milk? I regularly freeze some, particularly if we’re about to go away and it won’t be used otherwise.

MayBee70

Can you freeze it? I've got a surplus of milk as I don't seem to be using as much but don't want to cut back on my order from the milkman.

As you can buy it in the frozen food section of the supermarket, I would guess so. I have frozen leftover cheese sauce before.

Macaroni like Rice was a dessert baked in milk when I was a kid... still is in my book..

In Malta we add bolognaise sauce and called it baked pasta, and when it has a pastry shell, it's called timpana. It's traditional to serve it when there's company, because there is less washing up to do, and it can be eaten cold as work / school lunch, too, IF there is any left over. We make baked rice, too, but without a pastry shell. I do not use fennel. www.facebook.com/groups/cuisineforall/posts/10161400176695127/

I like macaroni cheese but prefer it runny as opposed to a stodgy slice!
Love it with tinned tomatoes.

Ferry23
"Well it's spaghetti and bolognese..."
It's not though. It's named after the city of Bologna. The "ese" indicates the origin of some Italian dishes like "Milanese" from Milan, "Calabrese" for Calabria. So there's no "and" involved. People from Bologna normally serve it with tagliatelle.

This is the same way my mom used to make her macaroni cheese, but made 2 layers with cheese in the middle and she spread a spoonful of mustard over the bottom layer.

I added a small amount of maple cured streaky bacon, which needed using up, to kedgeree the other day. It was glorious 😋