Macaroni Cooked in Gravy
Ingredients
Directions
Break the macaroni into small pieces and wash them.
Place the macaroni in a stew pan and pour the beef stock over it.
Cover the pot and cook slowly for 30 minutes.
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
- Provides the starch structure that softens and thickens as it cooks in the stock.
- Beef stock
- Cooks the pasta and becomes the gravy, supplying moisture and savory flavor.
The step that matters
Cover the pot and cook slowly. Covering traps steam so the liquid cannot evaporate too fast. Slow cooking lets the pasta absorb the stock evenly and soften without scorching or drying out.
“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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