{"id":1987273,"date":"2024-04-30T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=1987273"},"modified":"2024-08-06T01:25:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T06:25:35","slug":"macaroni-pie-recipe","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/macaroni-pie-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaroni Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Barbados Food and Rum Festival is an opportunity for the island’s chefs and bartenders to show off their skills to sun-seeking visitors from around the world, using local ingredients in inventive preparations with plenty of shimmering rum drinks<\/a> to match. But what I kept going back for seconds of was the heaping slices of cheesy macaroni pie.<\/p>\n

It’s a homey pasta side dish<\/a> you\u2019ll see on several Caribbean islands\u2014the type of grandmother recipe you grow up eating and just know how to make, says Marvin Applewhaite, a Barbadian chef and culinary ambassador tapped to rep the island\u2019s food scene. Serve a hearty scoop of macaroni pie alongside beef stew<\/a>, rice and peas, potato salad and a sweet coleslaw and you\u2019ve got yourself a Sunday feast. \u201cYou\u2019ll be full after that,\u201d Marvin says.<\/p>\n

Over a beachside lunch of smoked red snapper and rum-drenched bread pudding courtesy of Marvin and his fellow Barbados Food and Rum Festival<\/a> headliner Trevon Stoute, the two chefs walked me through a few basics of Bajan home cooking, including how to make macaroni pie. The baked mac and cheese gets extra flavor\u2014and color\u2014from ketchup, mustard and a scotch bonnet pepper\u2013based hot sauce.<\/p>\n

Now when I recreate macaroni pie at home, I reach for the bottle of One Drop hot sauce Marvin and Trevon gave me to try (and which I am now devoted to). Our Test Kitchen tried out the recipe with Aunt May\u2019s<\/a>. If you don\u2019t have a similar Caribbean-style sauce, you can substitute in your go-to hot sauce<\/a>, but keep in mind that it\u2019ll change the flavor a bit. Something like Tabasco will add a slight smokiness.<\/p>\n

This Barbados-style macaroni pie recipe makes 32 servings, so it\u2019s perfect for a potluck<\/a> or party. Halve the recipe, using one 13×9-inch baking dish instead of two, if you want a smaller batch.<\/p>\n

Macaroni Pie Ingredients<\/h2>\n