Creamed Macaroni with Cheese

Ingredients

• one-quarter pound of macaroni
• two quarts of boiling salted water
• a rounding tablespoonful of butter
• a rounding tablespoonful of flour
• half a pint of milk
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a speck of cayenne
• one-quarter pound of grated cheese

Method

1. 1

   Break macaroni into one inch pieces, boil in salted water for twenty minutes.

2. 2

   Drain, blanch in cold water, and place in a bowl.

3. 3

   In a chafing dish, melt butter, add flour, then milk, stirring until it bubbles.

4. 4

   Add salt, cayenne, macaroni, and cheese.

5. 5

   Stir until heated and serve.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CREAMED MACAEONI WITH CHEESE. Break one-quarter pound of macaroni into one inch pieces, drop into two quarts of boiling salted water and boil about twenty minutes, or until tender. When done, drain in a colander and throw into cold water for ten minutes to blanch; drain again and place in a pretty bowl. At serving time put into the chafing dish a rounding tablespoonful of butter ; light the lamp. The Complete Cook Book. 155 When the butter is melted, add a rounding tablespoon- Eul of flour, rub together until mixed, then add half a pint of milk, stir until it bubbles, add half a teaspoon- Eul of salt and a speck of cayenne. Now, add the macaroni and stir until thoroughly heated, then stir in one-quarter pound of grated cheese

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