Macaroni Pie The Islands Macaroni Cheese Food

MACARONI AND CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Mix 1/4 cup of cheddar into pastry and shape pastry into a ball and roll out between 2 pieces of wax paper.
• Place this into a 9-inch pie plate, prick bottom with fork.
• Bake 15 minutes, remove from oven and let stand until you are finished the sauce mixture.
• Reduce oven to 350°F.
• Cook elbow macaroni.
• Prepare cheese sauce by combining butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper, parmesan, cream cheese and 2 cups of cheddar cheese. Cook in sauce pan over medium heat until all ingredients are combined.
• Add cooked noodles to cheese sauce mixture and pour into pie shell.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup of cheddar onto top of pie.
• Bake 20 minutes at 350°F 10-15 minutes.

CARIBBEAN MACARONI CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350*F. Bring a large pan of lightly salted water to a boil and cook the macaroni until al dente(about 8 minutes). Rinse under cold water and drain.
• Melt 2 tbls. of the butter in a pan and stir in the flour. Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring. Gradually add the milk, whisking constantly until the sauce boils and thickens.
• Stir in the mustard, cinnamon and 1 cup of the cheese. Cook gently, stirring often, until the cheese has melted, then remove from the heat and whisk in the egg. Set aside.
• Melt the remaining butter in a small fryiing pan and cook the scallions, chopped tomatoes and corn over a gentle heat for 5-10 minutes. Add peas now if using. Season to taste.
• Tip half of the cooked macaroni into a greased ovenproof dish. Pour over the other half of the cheese sauce and mix well. Then spoon the tomato and corn mix over the macaroni.
• Stir the remaining macaroni into the remaining cheese sauce, then spread this carefully over the tomato and corn mixture. Top with the rest of the cheese. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the top is golden and bubbling.

MACARONI PIE FROM TRINIDAD

Steps:

• Boil macaroni in salted water until tender and drain.
• Beat eggs until fluffy.
• Combine macaroni, eggs, cheese, milk, salt and pepper.
• Pour into a greased baking dish and bake at 350 degrees F. until firm, about 30 minutes.

SOUTHERN MACARONI PIE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni in salted water until almost done.
• Beat egg and flour with fork until there are no lumps.
• Beat in milk and salt.
• In a greased 2 quart shallow casserole dish, layer the macaroni, cheese, another layer of macaroni, and a final layer of cheese.
• Pour the milk mixture over the top of layered ingredients.
• Bake uncovered 45 to 55 minutes in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven.
• Remove from oven and let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
• This last step is important to let the pie set-up.