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Dairy-free Mac'n'Cheese Pie

Recipe by The Pioneer Chicks
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
5 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 8 slices
Author Alexa Lehr

Ingredients

  • 4.75 oz. Banza pasta elbows
  • 1/2 lb. ground meat or sausage
  • 2 large organic, pasture-raised eggs
  • 2 T. olive oil or butter
  • 2 T. tapioca flour
  • 1 9" unbaked grain-free pie crust

Cheese Sauce

  • 1 c. coconut milk beverage
  • 1/4 c. nutritional yeast
  • 2 T. tapioca flour
  • 3/4 tsp. sea salt
  • 1/3 tsp. onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp. paprika
  • 1.5 T. olive oil or butter

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  • In a large saucepan, combine all of the cheese sauce ingredients. Heat the ingredients over medium heat, whisking constantly.
  • As the mixture heats up, it will thicken. Continue to whisk the mixture until it is thick and just starting to boil.
  • Remove the sauce from the heat and set it aside or cool it in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
  • In another large saucepan, prepare the pasta according to the instructions. They will probably have you add the pasta to boiling water and cook for 8-10 minutes. Then strain the pasta.
  • While the pasta is cooking, heat a 10" cast iron skillet over low heat with a little bit of bacon fat in it. Add the ground meat or sausage.
  • Cook and season the ground meat or sausage until it is done. Set it aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, add 1 cup of the cheese sauce mixture to the warm pasta. Stir until everything is thoroughly mixed.
  • Add the ground meat or sausage, eggs, tapioca flour, and olive oil or butter. Stir untile everything is incorporated.
  • Spread the mixture into the unbaked pie crust and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes before slicing and serving!
  • Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge.