Macaroni pie
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Macaroni cheese pie is a pie dish based on baked macaroni and cheese. Primary ingredients may include elbow macaroni, cheese, and milk.
Preparation
Typical ingredients in macaroni pie include macaroni pasta, cheese, milk, butter, flour, salt, pepper and various spices. Additional ingredients sometimes used include onion and bread crumbs. Other ingredients may also be used. It can be prepared as a low-fat dish using reduced fat cheese and skim milk. Some versions, such as those in Scotland, are prepared using a pie crust, while others are not. It may be served sliced into wedges.
By region
=Barbados=
=Scotland=
In Scotland, macaroni pie is prepared by filling a Scotch pie shell with macaroni and cheese and baking it. Greggs sold it in Scotland, but stopped doing so in June 2015, which spurred an online campaign and petition for the company to return the dish. Several prominent Scottish politicians signed the petition, including main party leaders Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale.
=Trinidad and Tobago=
The dish is very popular in Trinidad and Tobago and is often available as a common dish at lunches and dinners. It has been described as a staple food in Tobago. Cheddar cheese, a key ingredient in the dish, was brought to Trinidad by Scottish peoples. It is sometimes served as a side dish accompanied with stewed meats.
=United States=
In the United States, macaroni pie has been and sometimes still is referred to as "baked macaroni and cheese". It is a part of the cuisine of the Southern United States. In the United States during the mid-1900s, the word "spaghetti" was typically used to refer to macaroni, and spaghetti noodles were used to prepare macaroni pie during this time period. An American recipe from 1870 includes grated ham as an ingredient in the dish, and also calls for the meat from squirrels, birds or wild ducks. An American recipe from 1892 includes pork and ham in the dish's preparation.
Similar dishes
The Finnish macaroni casserole or makaro(o)nilaatikko is a popular dish made with elbow pasta and egg-and-milk mixture, and baked until it sets. Often sautéed minced meat (and optionally onion) is added, thus creating a lihamakaronilaatikko (literally, meat-macaroni casserole). The casserole may be topped before baking with breadcrumbs and grated cheese and/or knobs of butter, to form a crunchy crust.{{cite web |title=Makaroonilaatikko - Traditional Finnish Macaroni Bake |url=http://cakecrumbsbeachsand.com/2011/08/makaroonilaatikko-traditional-finnish-macaroni-bake/ |website=Cake Crumbs & Beach Sand |access-date=23 June 2018}} Makaronilaatikko is typically served with tomato ketchup and pickles such as gherkins.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
Pastitsio is a type of macaroni pie in Greek cuisine prepared using elbow macaroni noodles and various additional ingredients.
In Italian cuisine, the macaroni pie ({{langx|it|Pasticcio (or Timballo) di maccheroni}}) is a traditional dish in several cities, with a long tradition originating from the pastizzi prepared by the chefs active in the Italian courts of the Renaissance: the most well known, filled with pigeon meat and truffles, comes from Ferrara,{{cite book|last1=Savoldi|first1=Giovanna|title=Cucina Emiliana e Romagnola|date=1977|publisher=Edizioni del Riccio|location=Firenze|page=41| language=it}} while also Rome (whose pasticcio, filled with chicken innards and topped with cream, has a clear Renaissance origin) Naples and Sicily have their own version.
{{cite book
| last=Boni
| first= Ada
| title=La Cucina Romana
| publisher=Newton Compton Editori
| location = Roma
| year=1983
| orig-year=1930
| language=it
| page=201
}}{{cite web|last1=Cardella|first1=Giovanni|title=Timballo del Gattopardo|url=http://www.ricettedisicilia.net/primi/il-pasticcio-del-monsu/|website=Ricette di Sicilia|access-date=20 May 2016}} The Sicilian Timballo has been immortalised by Luchino Visconti in his movie Il Gattopardo.
See also
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References
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External links
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- [https://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Macaroni_pie_(Scottish) Scottish macaroni pie]
- [https://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Macaroni_pie_(West_Indian) West Indian macaroni pie]
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