Pasta Pie (Makaronopita)
Pasta Pie (Makaronopita)

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pasta pie (makaronopita). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pasta Pie (Makaronopita) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Pasta Pie (Makaronopita) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

This pie is a speciality of the Agrinio region, which is towards the north west of the Greek mainland. The pasta that is used is the same as that used for Pastichio. Recipe Category / Savory pies and Tarts.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta pie (makaronopita) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pasta Pie (Makaronopita):
  1. Get 1 package Pasta
  2. Make ready 250 grams Yogurt (if you can find Greek Yogurt it works better)
  3. Take 2 Red bell Peppers (pepper of your chose chopped in cubes)
  4. Take 1 package Phyllo dough
  5. Take 2 Carrots (chopped in cubes)
  6. Make ready 2 small onions diced
  7. Get 3 medium size eggs
  8. Get 2 Zucchinis (chopped into cubes)
  9. Get 250 grams cheese (preferably salted)
  10. Make ready Tomato sauce (homemade or store bought)
  11. Take Olive Oil
  12. Get Salt

Boil the pasta in plenty of salted water. Drain and place it in a baking dish in which you have browned a little butter. Hailing from the centre of the country, makaronopita is a savoury Greek pie with a Fillo Pastry exterior, filled with macaroni pasta. Pasta encased in buttery, flaky layers of fillo pastry - what could be better?

Instructions to make Pasta Pie (Makaronopita):
  1. In a large frying pan saute the vegetables with Olive Oil. Saute until the vegetables are soft about 10 minutes on low heat. Once that is done add salt and set aside to add into the pasta later.
  2. I used small pasta for this recipe.
  3. Boil Pasta in salted water.
  4. In a large bowl add in the Pasta and the Yogurt mix until nicely blended. Add the cheese, vegetables, and tomato sauce, eggs and mix.
  5. Oil brush the baking pan and place 5 pieces of Phyllo dough, oil brush the top phyllo dough Continue by placing another 5 pieces of dough and oil brush.
  6. Add in the Pasta mix.
  7. Continue by placing and folding inwards the rest of the 5 pieces of Phyllo dough and oil brush. (You can use as many pieces of dough as you like)
  8. Oil brush the top piece, and beat 1 egg and brush so that you can get a crispy taste. Slant slice with a knife from top to bottom. Pre-heat oven 180 degrees and bake for 1 hr. 🙂 Kali Orexi!!! 🙂

At its simplest, this pie's filling is made only with pasta and fetta, but we've added some other Greek flavours to ours. Macaroni pie is a casserole dish based on baked macaroni and cheese. Primary ingredients include elbow macaroni, cheese and milk. Angel hair pasta is about the only pasta I can digest so that is what I used. I broke it into small pieces and Nutritional Information.

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