Macaroni cheese pie is a casserole dish based on baked macaroni and cheese. [1] [2] Primary ingredients may include elbow macaroni, cheese, and milk.
Macaroni cheese pie is a casserole dish based on baked macaroni and cheese. [1] [2] Primary ingredients may include elbow macaroni, cheese, and milk.
Typical ingredients in macaroni pie include macaroni pasta, cheese, milk, butter, flour, salt, pepper and various spices. [2] Additional ingredients sometimes used include onion and bread crumbs. [2] Other ingredients may also be used. It can be prepared as a low-fat dish using reduced fat cheese and skim milk. [2] Some versions, such as those in Scotland, are prepared using a pie crust, [3] while others are not. [4] It may be served sliced into wedges. [5]
In the Caribbean, macaroni pie is typically prepared without using a pie crust. [6] In the Caribbean, it is sometimes consumed cold, which may be referred to as "Caribbean style". [6]
Macaroni pie is a popular dish in Barbados, where it is commonly consumed as a main or side dish along with fish or meat. [6] It is sometimes prepared as a spicy dish, using spices such as black pepper and hot sauces. [6]
In Scotland, macaroni pie is prepared by filling a Scotch pie shell with macaroni and cheese and baking it. [3] [7] [8] 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. [8] Several prominent Scottish politicians signed the petition, including main party leaders Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson and Kezia Dugdale. [8]
The dish is very popular in Trinidad and Tobago and is often available as a common dish at lunches and dinners. [1] It has been described as a staple food in Tobago. [9] Cheddar cheese, a key ingredient in the dish, was brought to Trinidad by English peoples. [1] It is sometimes served as a side dish accompanied with stewed meats. [1]
In the United States, macaroni pie has been and sometimes still is referred to as "baked macaroni and cheese". [2] [10] It is a part of the cuisine of the Southern United States. [11] 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. [11] 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. [12] An American recipe from 1892 includes pork and ham in the dish's preparation. [13]
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. [14] Makaronilaatikko is typically served with tomato ketchup and pickles such as gherkins.
Pastitsio is a type of macaroni pie in Greek cuisine prepared using elbow macaroni noodles and various additional ingredients. [15]
In Italian cuisine, the macaroni pie (Italian : 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, [16] 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. [17] [18] The Sicilian Timballo has been immortalised by Luchino Visconti in his movie Il Gattopardo . [18]
Lasagna is a type of pasta, possibly one of the oldest types, made of very wide, flat sheets. Either term can also refer to an Italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagna alternating with fillings such as ragù, béchamel sauce, vegetables, cheeses, and seasonings and spices. The dish may be topped with grated cheese, which becomes melted during baking. Typically cooked pasta is assembled with the other ingredients and then baked in an oven. The resulting baked pasta is cut into single-serving square or rectangular portions.
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been combined with other ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a baking tray, or pan-formed by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef, although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry, and seafood are also used, sometimes in combination. Vegetarian adaptations of meatloaf may use imitation meat or pulses.
Macaroni and cheese is a dish of macaroni and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar sauce.
A casserole is a kind of large, deep pan or bowl used for cooking a variety of dishes in the oven; it is also a category of foods cooked in such a vessel. To distinguish the two uses, the pan can be called a "casserole dish" or "casserole pan", whereas the food is simply "a casserole". The same pan is often used both for cooking and for serving.
Trinidad and Tobago has a unique history and its food is influenced by Indian-South Asian, West African, Creole, European, American, Chinese, Amerindian, and Latin American culinary styles. Trinidadian and Tobagonian food is dominated by a wide selection of dishes, most notably, doubles, roti, pelau, callaloo and curried crab and dumplings. Trinidad and Tobago is also known for its prepared provisions, such as dasheen, sweet potato, eddoes, cassava, yam, soups and stews, also known as blue food across the country. Corresponding to the Blue Food Day event held annually in Trinidad and Tobago.
Pastitsio is a Greek baked pasta dish with ground meat and béchamel sauce, with variations of the dish found in other countries of the Mediterranean Sea.
Gratin is a culinary technique in which an ingredient is topped with a browned crust, often using breadcrumbs, grated cheese, egg or butter. The term may be applied to any dish made using this method. Gratin is usually prepared in a shallow dish of some kind. A gratin is baked or cooked under an overhead grill or broiler to form a golden crust on top and is often served in its baking dish.
Fish pie, also known as fisherman's pie, is a traditional British dish.
A meat pie is a pie with a filling of meat and often with other savory ingredients. They are found in cuisines worldwide.
There is a variety of baked pasta dishes, also called by their Italian name, pasta al forno:
Timballo is an Italian baked dish consisting of pasta, rice, or potatoes, with one or more other ingredients included. Variations include the mushroom and shrimp sauce timballo Alberoni, named after Giulio Alberoni, and the veal and tomato sauce timballo pattadese.
Macaroni casserole is a dish of baked pasta. It is especially known as a staple in northern European home cooking. It is a dish of cooked macaroni and a mixture of egg and milk with additional ingredients like meats, vegetables or fish. It is commonly made with cheese or breadcrumbs sprinkled on top.
In cooking, timbale derived from the French word for "kettledrum", also known as timballo, can refer to either a kind of pan used for baking, or the food that is cooked inside such a pan.
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Tamale pie is a pie and casserole dish in the cuisine of the Southwestern United States. It is prepared with a cornmeal crust and ingredients typically used in tamales. It has been described as a comfort food. The dish, invented sometime in the early 1900s in the United States, may have originated in Texas, and its first known published recipe dates to 1911.
A clam pie is a savory meat pie prepared using clams, especially quahogs as a primary ingredient, and it is a part of the cuisine of New England. It likely predated the English settlements in Southern New England, having been a feature of indigenous people's diet. It can also be prepared as a type of pizza pie. White clam pie is a pizza variety that originated in New Haven, Connecticut.
