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Bajan Macaroni Pie

Name: Bajan Macaroni Pie
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 250g Macaroni; 200g Cheddar Cheese; 200ml Milk; 2 Egg; 1 tbsp Mustard; 1 tbsp Ketchup; 1/2 Onion; A pinch Chili pepper; 20g Butter; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Macaroni set with cheese, eggs, and mustard and baked — a Barbadian Sunday staple.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Macaroni pie is essential to Sunday lunch in Barbados: boiled macaroni is mixed with cheddar, evaporated milk, eggs, mustard, and ketchup and baked until golden on top. Its hallmark is being set firmly enough to slice. It's eaten with baked chicken and rice and peas.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch in a Barbadian home, a golden-topped square of macaroni pie sits beside baked chicken and rice and peas.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Macaroni 250g
Cheddar Cheese 200g
Milk 200ml
Egg 2
Mustard 1 tbsp
Ketchup 1 tbsp
Onion 1/2
Chili pepper A pinch
Butter 20g
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil the macaroni 1 minute less than the package time and toss with butter.
Grate three-quarters of the cheese and mix into the macaroni.
Mix the milk, eggs, mustard, ketchup, grated onion, chili, salt, and pepper and add.
Put in an ovenproof dish and top with the remaining cheese.
Bake at 180°C for 35 minutes, cool slightly, and slice.

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