Macaroni with Ham

Ingredients

• 1 lb. macaroni
• 1 oz. butter
• 1/2 gill cream
• 4 — 6 ozs. lean cooked ham
• 1 oz. gihted paimesan or Gray ere cheep e
• Fried bread-crumbs
• Salt and pepper
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Break the macaroni into short pieces, drop them into fast boiling slightly salted water, and cook until tender.

2. 2

   Drain and cool.

3. 3

   Chop the ham rather finely.

4. 4

   Put the butter in a stew-pan, when hot add the macaroni and stir over the fire for a few minutes, then add the grated cheese and a little stock (if handy), lastly moisten with the cream.

5. 5

   Spread a layer of this on a well buttered gratin or ordinary fireproof dish, sprinkle a layer of chopped ham on this, and proceed thus until the macaroni and ham are used up.

6. 6

   Season with pepper.

7. 7

   Cover the surface with a few fried breadcrumbs, and bake for ten minutes in a quick oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The exhibition cookery book (1900) by Expert chef, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MACARONI WITH HAM. i lb. macaroni 1 oz. butter \ gill cream Fried bread-crumbs 4 — 6 ozs. lean cooked ham 1 oz. gihted paimesan or Gray ere cheep e Salt and pepper

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