So, to satisfy everyone’s curiosity and enhance your summer BBQ season, Platypus presents our recipe for this tasty dish to pair with any of your favorite Napa or Sonoma Valley wines.
Bama Macaroni Salad by Platypus Wine Tours
Gather these Ingredients
- One pound of macaroni salad pasta
- One red bell pepper
- Two ribs of celery
- One-half small onion
- One small can of black olives
- Four or five whole sweet pickles (reserve 1/4 cup pickle juice for later use)
- Three boiled eggs
- Three-quarter cup of Mayonnaise (preferably “Bama” if you can find it)
- White pepper
- One Tablespoon of Celery Seed
Preparation
- Boil pasta in heavily salted water until Al Dente, about 8 minutes. Feel free to throw in the eggs with the pasta to save some time and dishwashing.
- Drain the pasta and separate the eggs for cooling.
- While the pasta and eggs are cooling, finely chop the red pepper, celery, onion, black olives, and sweet pickles.
- Once the pasta and eggs have cooled, peel and chop the eggs and dump them into the dish you will use to chill and serve in. Put enough white pepper on the pasta to make the top “dusty,” and then add the celery seed.
- Take the mayo, add the juice from the sweet pickle, and mix until it is like a smooth sauce.
- Add all the chopped vegetables, mix with the pasta and egg, and add the mayo sauce.
Chef’s Note: If it’s not “wet” enough, feel free to add more mayo or pickle juice.
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