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A simple boiled macaroni dish finished with milk and oven warming.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Macaroni

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Cook the macaroni

  1. Boil water in a pot.

  2. Add macaroni and cook for 20 minutes.

  3. Drain the water from the cooked macaroni.

Finish and serve

  1. Stir in milk and mix well.

  2. Warm the macaroni in an oven at 350°F (175°C) before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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.

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What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Provides the bulk and starchy structure of the dish.
Milk
Adds moisture and softness, loosening the cooked pasta.

“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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