Macaroni and Mushrooms

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of macaroni
• a pint and a half of water
• an ounce of butter
• an ounce of grated cheese
• the mushrooms

Method

1. 1

   Boil macaroni in water with pepper and salt for 20 minutes.

2. 2

   Drain and place in a clean stewpan.

3. 3

   Add stock, butter, and cheese, stirring over gentle heat for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Serve on a hot dish topped with prepared mushrooms, which should be washed, sliced, and tossed in butter with seasoning for 10 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 241. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Macaroni and Mushrooms. Mustard Sauce. Hot Buttered Toast. Sour Mutton. Dry Toast. Potatoes. Brown and White Bread Haricot Beans. and Butter. Cocoa-nut Pudding. Mustard and Cress. Fried Hominy. Cheese. Marketing. For the Bay.— Half a pound of Mushrooms ; two moderate-sized fresh Mackerel (April 4th) ; fresh Herrings. One may be allowed for each person. The her¬ rings should be bright and silvery, and should have their scales unin.j ured ; choose plump fish. In this instance the soft-roed fish are to be preferred. Potatoes ; a tin of desiccated Cocoa-nut. For To-morrow. — A tin of Sardines (January 12th) ; a Bath Chap, that is, a pig’s cheek cured like bacon ; speak for two sets of fresh Giblets for to¬ morrow ; Watercress ; a pound of Fresh Fruit. Breakfast. — Dried . Haddock (January 27th) ; Tomatoes and Bacon (July 12th) ; Fried Hominy (February 12th). Luncheon. — Baked Mackerel (April 15th). Macaroni and Mushrooms. — Boil a quarter of a pound of macaroni in' a pint and a half of water, with a little pepper and salt, for twenty minutes, or till a little piece can be crushed between the thumb and finger. Drain the macaroni, put it into a clean stewpan, pour a quarter of a pint of stock over it, with an ounce of butter and an ounce of grated cheese. Stir it over a gentle fire for five minutes ; turn on a hot dish. Have ready the mushrooms

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