Macaroni and Grated Cheese

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of macaroni
• a teaspoonful of salt
• some lumps of butter as big as a nutmeg
• new milk

Method

1. 1

   Break macaroni into lengths and soak in cold water for an hour.

2. 2

   Boil for an hour, then layer boiled macaroni and grated cheese in a pan.

3. 3

   Sprinkle salt and add butter.

4. 4

   Fill with new milk and bake until browned on top, ensuring it doesn't dry out.

As published

This recipe was extracted from La cuisine creole (1885) by Lafcadio Hearn, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MACARONI AND 6RATED GHEESE. Take a quarter of a pound of macaroni, break into lengths, and throw ît into cold water to soak, an hour or so af ter breakf ast Boîl it an hour, take it ont of the pot and put in the bottom of the pan a layer of the boîled macaroni and then a layer of grated cheese; strew over the top a teaspoonful of sait and some lumps of butter as big as a nutmeg. Then fill up the pan with new milk

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.