Trinidad Macaroni Pie
Trinidad Macaroni Pie
This just isn’t any old macaroni recipe. This recipe has Caribbean flavors of smoked paprika, garlic, thyme, creole salt, with slight heat from jalapeños. This is a great side dish and can be eaten as a main course.
Ingredients
- 8 oz dry macaroni cooked according to the package
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp jalapeños minced
- 1 small white onion finely diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 1 large egg beaten
- 4 oz cheddar cheese
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp creole salt
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large sauce pan over medium high heat. Sauté the onions, garlic, jalapeños, thyme, and smoked paprika for 5 minutes.
- Whisk in the flour. Pour in the evaporated milk and simmer for 2 minutes.
- Scoop out a 1/4 cup of the milk mixture and whisk with the beaten egg. This process will temper the egg, allowing it to not curdle in the cheese sauce but still help thicken it.
- Pour the tempered egg back into the milk mixture, continuing to whisk. Add in 3/4 of the 2 cheeses.
- Turn off the heat. Mix in the macaroni.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add the macaroni to a well greased baking dish. Top with the remaining cheeses.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving.
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