Home-made Macaroni

Ingredients

• I pint boiling water
• 1 yolk of egg
• 1 dessertspoonful water or milk
• 2 tablespoonfuls (about) of flour
• A pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix the yolk of egg, salt and the water or milk in a cup.

2. 2

   Gradually add the flour and stir to a light dough, this will require about three good tablespoonfuls flour.

3. 3

   Sprinkle a little flour on the cook’s board.

4. 4

   Drop the dough on the board and roll it lightly till it has spread out to a thickness of about one-eighth of an inch.

5. 5

   Let it dry until you are able to cut it cleanly into strips about a quarter of an inch broad with a sharp knife.

6. 6

   Throw the strips into the boiling water and boil for twenty minutes.

7. 7

   Drain and serve in the same way as ordinary macaroni, plain, or with cheese or tomato sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Practical West African cookery (1910) by S. Leith-Ross, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Home-made Macaroni. (II). I pint boiling water. 1 yolk of egg. 1 dessertspoonful water or milk (if Ideal, $ teaspoon to a dessertspoon of water). 2 tablespoonfuls (about) of flour. A pinch of salt

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