Trini Macaroni Pie

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Trinidad Vegetarian Recipes
Trini Macaroni Pie

This dish is a part of the traditional Trinidadian Sunday lunch usually served with rajma (red kidney beans) and / or chinese style chunky vegetables. Macaroni Pie is one of the few Trinidadian dishes that I remember my Mom making ever since we were kids. It's one of the easiest and yet its taste is something that keeps you wanting more.The simplest way to make this is without adding any veggies to it, however, I like to add sweet peppers, carrots and onions just like my Mom did. Macaroni may not be easily available... I found some at a Mediterranean Mom and Pop Store so I would suggest trying Mom and Pop Groceries. Here is the recipe...
Ingredients:
1/2 pack macaroni
1 egg
1/2 lb grated cheddar cheese
28-32 oz evaporated milk
1 onion diced
1 carrot grated
1 green sweet pepper (cut into half and then into thin strips)
1/2 scotch bonnet pepper minced (any pepper will do)
salt to taste



 1 tbsp butter
1 sprig of chive (green onion) finely chopped

Method:
1.Preheat oven to 350 F.
2.Boil macaroni in salt water until it is almost cooked, strain and pour into a bowl.
3.Add butter and into hot macaroni until it is melted, then add egg, diced onions, chives, grated carrots and sweet pepper and mix.
4.Add salt and scotch bonnet pepper to taste.
5.Add cheese and evaporated milk and mix.
6.Grease a baking dish and pour the mixture and sprinkle cheese over the top.
7.Bake at 350 F for 30 minutes until the top gets golden brown.

I made macaroni pie with stewed soya chunks this weekend and it was DELISH !!! Enjoy :)

Comments

  1. SmartDAugust 4, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Hey Swathi! Great recipe and like the name of ur blog too. Have a question wht is Scotch Bonnet Pepper?

    Thanks,
    Dhi

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  2. SwathiAugust 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    Hi Dhi Scotch Bonnet pepper is almost the same as Haberno pepper that you get at the local American grocery store.

    Try it and let me know what you think :)

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  3. SangeetaNancyAugust 23, 2009 at 10:12 PM

    At step 5, instead of mixing the cheese and evaporated milk to the mix we put half of the macaroni mix into the dish, pour in half the milk and then place half the cheese on top, and repeat with the rest of the macaroni, milk and cheese. I generally don't like my veggies cooked so we don't add them to our macaroni pies. I have met people who add well seasoned minced meat or chunks to the macaroni pie, for a one pot type of meal. Macaroni pie also stores very well in the fridge and can be easily reheated.

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  4. SwathiAugust 24, 2009 at 10:04 AM

    Thanks Sangeeta for the tip :)

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