Erins Famous Macaroni Salad Recipes

EMERIL'S MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook macaroni until al dente. In a small skillet, cook prosciutto over medium until crisp; discard fat.
• Combine shallot, vinegar, and mustard in a large bowl; whisk in oil in a slow, steady stream. Add tomato, cheese, prosciutto, olives, and capers.
• Drain pasta; add to bowl with tomato mixture, and toss. Add parsley; season with salt and pepper. Cool to room temperature, and serve.

MOM'S BEST MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add macaroni, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Rinse under cold water, and drain.
• In a large bowl, stir together the carrots, red onion, green pepper, red pepper and celery. Mix in the mayonnaise, condensed milk, sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Add the macaroni, toss gently, cover and refrigerate for at least 8 hours. I usually make this a day ahead of time, and stir it occasionally to blend the flavors. The macaroni will absorb some of the liquid.

DUNKLEY'S FAMOUS MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Add 2 quarts of water to a medium stockpot and bring to a boil. Add macaroni and cook until it is al dente, approximately 9 minutes. Do not overcook the pasta or it will fall apart when the salad is tossed together. Rinse macaroni until cool. Drain well and let it dry out slightly.
• Add pasta to a large bowl. Carefully fold in celery, onion, Cheddar, Swiss cheese, Parmesan, dill pickles, salami, and black olives. Refrigerate the mixture, uncovered, overnight (or refrigerate for at least 2 hours).
• Mix the Lowry's garlic salt, minced garlic, white pepper, black pepper, cayenne pepper, dry mustard and celery salt together. Add to salad. Fold in the pimentos. Fold in 1 cup of mayonnaise to start. Add up to a 1/2 cup more of mayonnaise if needed. Refrigerate again for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

RESER'S MACARONI SALAD (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• RECONSTITUTE 4 teaspoons minced onion flakes in enough very hot water to cover and saturate completely.
• PREP remaining vegetables to specifications.
• COOK large elbow macaroni according to package directions in moderately salted water, less 2 minutes until al dente (firm to the bite); DRAIN in a large colander placed in sink; RINSE with cold water and allow to drain again.
• INTO a large bowl with an (accompanying cover or lid), add the dressing ingredients EXCEPT for the sweet pickle juice and white vinegar). Note: drain excess water from onions before adding).
• WHISK mixture well then gently fold in vegetables until just blended.
• GENTLY fold in drained macaroni until well-blended.
• COMBINE the sweet pickle juice with vinegar then sprinkle over salad.
• FOLD mixture gently until creamy, without over-mixing.
• COVER and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• SERVE and enjoy.

ERIN'S COLD PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain and rinse with cold water.
• Add olives, artichoke hearts, sun dried tomatoes and feta cheese.
• Pour dressing over mixture, toss well and refrigerate.
• You may use more dressing after chilling for a bit, if needed.
• (cooking time is chilling time, and is better if chilled over night).

ERINS FAMOUS MACARONI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring large pot of well salted water to a rolling boil. Add pasta. Cook until al dente, according to package instructions.
• While pasta is cooking halve the tomatoes, thinly slice the celery and peel the carrots. After you have peeled the outer layer from the carrots continue peeling until you get to the thin center and can't peel anymore. Toss the tomatoes, celery and carrot shreds into a large bowl (big enough to mix all the ingredients with the pasta)
• Once pasta is cooked, drain well and run under ice cold water until pasta is fully cooled.
• Add pasta to tomato, celery and carrot and toss. Add mayo, vinegar and sugar. You may have to adjust these according to your preferences but these are the minimum amounts you will need. Salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate over night. You my need to add more mayo and vinegar after the macaroni has absorbed most of it while in the fridge, I've found that if I add too much of the dressing in the beginning it just gets soggy and adding it little by little as I'm serving it helps keep the integrity of the pasta.