Stewed Maccaroni

Ingredients

• 1 lb. of maccaroni
• 1 pint of stock
• Salt
• Pepper

Method

1. 1

   Put maccaroni in a saucepan with hot water and salt.

2. 2

   Bring to a boil and let it boil gently for ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The official handbook for the National Training School for Cookery (1891) by National Training School for Cookery (London), page 146. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

\ lb. of Maccaroni ) , Salt ) 2i 1 quart of skimmed milk z\ 2 oz. of cheese 2" 1 oz. of butter 1 Salt and pepper, and cayenne pepper o\ ~8j Time required, about one hour and three-quarters. Now we will show you how to cook Maccaroni. 1. We put a saucepan of hot water on the fire to boil. 2. We take half a pound of maccaroni, and put it in the saucepan of boiling water, with one tablespooriful of salt, and let it boil gently for half an hour. 3. After that time we pour the water out of the sauce- pan. 4. We put one quart of skimmed milk into the saucepan. 5. We put the saucepan on the fire, just bring it to the boil, and then move it to the side of the fire and let it simmer gently for one hour. 6. When the maccaroni is sufficiently cooked and quite tender, we turn it out on a hot dish, and it can be eaten with sugar or treacle. N.B. — If liked, maccaroni and cheese can be made of it. 7. For maccaroni and cheese, we take two ounces of cJteest, and grate it with a grater on to a piece of paper. 8. We take a dish or a tin and grease it well inside with a piece of dripping or butter. 9. When the maccaroni is sufficiently cooked (as above) we turn it out of the saucepan on to the greased dish. Lessons on Cooking Maccaroni 3S7 10. We sprinkle over it pepper and salt and two or three grains of cayenne pepper, according to taste ; or, about half a teaspoonful of mustard might be mixed with it. 11. We stir part of the grated cheese into the maccaroni and the remainder we sprinkle over the top. 12. We take one ounce of butter, cut it in small pieces, and put these pieces of butter about on the top of the maccaro?ii 13. We put the dish in the oven (the thermometer at the oven door should rise to 2400), or in a Dutch oven before the fire for ten minutes ; it should become a pale brown. 14. It will then be ready for serving. 388 National Training School for Cookery. STEWED MACOARONI. Lesson No. 2. Average cost of " Maccaroni Stewed in INGREDIENTS. \ lb. of maccaroni Salt and pepper ) 1 pint of stock

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