This old fashioned macaroni and cheese pie is made with elbow pasta, extra sharp cheddar cheese, milk, eggs and a wee bit of mustard.
Serve mac and cheese pie with other southern staples like: braised collard greens, black eyed peas, and pickled shrimp.
Mac and Cheese Please!
Macaroni and cheese pie is topped with buttery and crispy panko (large bread crumbs). This mac and cheese recipe is chewy, cheesy, and crispy.
This southern dish is modified from one of my clients grandmother's Macaroni pie recipe and is a staple in old school southern cuisine.
Unlike creamy mac and cheese, this is more solid and "pie like" and can be cut into pieces once cooled.
My clients grandmother uses Pepperidge Farms Herb Stuffing instead of Panko bread crumbs. The herbs add an extra tasty "yes ma'am".
Things In My Kitchen:
- Cheese Grater – You could also use your food processor & attachment for grating the cheese.
- Over the Sink Colander - Perfect for when you don't want your colander sitting in your dirty sink.
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Southern Baked Macaroni And Cheese Pie
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This classic old fashioned baked macaroni and cheese pie is made with elbow pasta, extra sharp cheddar cheese, milk, eggs and a wee bit of mustard. It's topped with buttery and crispy panko (large bread crumbs).
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 8
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop / Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 2 cups (8 ounces) uncooked elbow pasta
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter, divided
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon dry mustard
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 3 cups (~12 ounces) sharp cheddar cheese, grated & divided
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Bring a pan to medium high heat and add 2 tablespoon butter. Melt butter and add panko bread crumbs or stuffing and stir to coat. You can also melt the butter in the microwave. The point is to coat the panko / stuffing with butter, not to cook it.
- Boil pasta in salted water for ~ 10 minutes or until al dente (it will continue cooking in the oven).
- Drain and return pasta to pot and burner at low heat. Stir in 2 Tbsp butter, salt, pepper, mustard, and eggs. Stir in 9 ounces (~ 2 ½ cups) of the cheese and milk.
- Lightly grease a 2 quart baking dish and add macaroni mixture. Top with remaining cheese and bread crumb mixture.
- Bake uncovered ~35 minutes. Cover with aluminum foil if bread crumbs start to burn.
- Let sit 15 minutes before serving. Add salt to taste. Happy Eating! Beckie
Notes
- My clients use Pepperidge Farms Herb Stuffing instead of panko bread crumbs. Use whichever sound better to you!
Serving Suggestion
Serve this Macaroni Cheese Pie with complementary Southern favorites like:
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