Macaroni (America)

Ingredients

• Macaroni, 1/2 cup
• Grated cheese, 1/2 cup
• Melted butter, 1 tablespoon
• Flour, 2 tablespoons
• Hot milk, 1 pint
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cook the macaroni in boiling salted water until tender.

2. 2

   Drain, and blanch.

3. 3

   Put it into a baking-dish and sprinkle with the grated cheese.

4. 4

   For the sauce, melt the butter in a double boiler, and slowly add the flour, milk, and salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Stir constantly while making this sauce, until it is a smooth gravy, and then pour it over the macaroni and cheese.

6. 6

   Over the top of this the following paste should be spread: Mix together, one-third of a cup of butter, melted, two-thirds of a cup of rolled cracker-crumbs, and one-third of a cup of grated cheese.

7. 7

   When this paste has been made and spread over the macaroni and cheese, place all in the oven and bake until brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Around-the-world cook book (1913) by Mary Louise Barroll, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Melted butter, 1 tablespoon, Flour, 2 tablespoons, Hot milk, 1 pint, Salt and pepper. Paste for above Melted butter, % cup. Rolled cracker-crumbs, % cup, Grated cheese, % cup.

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