Southern Mac & Cheese Pie

Name: Southern Mac & Cheese Pie
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter; 3 eggs; 473 milliliters uncooked elbow macaroni; 680 grams evaporated milk; 1 Tbsp ground black pepper; 1 pinch paprika, or to taste (optional); 1 teaspoon salt; 946 milliliters shredded Cheddar cheese

Southern Mac & Cheese Pie is a vegetarian recipe with 8 servings. This main course has 600 calories, 27g of protein, and 39g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. If you have cheddar cheese, ground pepper, elbow macaroni, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the eggs you could follow this main course with the Rose Levy Beranbaum's Chocolate Tomato Cake with Mystery Ganache as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 55 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).

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Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Casserole Dish

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a boil. Stir in the macaroni and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until it has cooked through but is still slightly firm, about 8 minutes; drain.

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Macaroni

Pasta

Water

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Pot

Slowly melt butter in a large pot over low heat. Stir in evaporated milk and black pepper; cook until heated through.

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Evaporated Milk

Black Pepper

Butter

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Pot

Whisk eggs in a bowl until smooth; whisk about 1/2 cup of the evaporated milk mixture into the eggs, 1 tablespoon at a time, until thoroughly incorporated.

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Evaporated Milk

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk the egg mixture back into the saucepan with evaporated milk mixture. Continue to heat gently, whisking constantly, until the evaporated milk mixture almost comes to a simmer and the sauce thickens.

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Evaporated Milk

Sauce

Egg

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Gently mix salt and cooked macaroni into the sauce and stir to combine.

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Cooked Macaroni

Sauce

Salt

Spoon 1/4 of the macaroni mixture in a layer into the bottom of the prepared casserole dish and top with 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese. Repeat layers three more times; top last cheese layer with paprika to taste.

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Shredded Cheddar Cheese