Macaroni with White Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Cook macaroni in boiling salted water for 20 minutes or until soft.
Drain in a strainer and rinse with cold water to prevent sticking.
Reheat the macaroni in the white sauce and serve.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Macaroni
- Forms the bulk of the dish and provides the starchy, chewy structure once cooked until soft.
- White sauce
- Adds moisture and creamy richness that coats the pasta and carries its flavor.
The step that matters
Cooking the macaroni until soft. Pasta keeps cooking from residual heat and absorbs liquid, so pulling it at the right point keeps it tender rather than mushy or firm. Rinsing with cold water stops the cooking and prevents the pieces from sticking together.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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