Boiled Macaroni
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Bring two quarts of water to a boil.
Add two teaspoonfuls of salt to the boiling water.
Break six sticks of macaroni into inch pieces.
Wash the macaroni pieces.
Cook and drain
Drop the macaroni into the salted water.
Boil rapidly for thirty minutes.
Drain: hold the colander under the faucet and let cold water run over the macaroni.
Shake well and drain.
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. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Macaroni
- Its starch softens and swells in boiling water, giving the dish its body and bulk.
The step that matters
Boil rapidly for thirty minutes. A vigorous boil keeps the pieces moving so they do not stick together, and it keeps the water hot enough to cook the pasta evenly after it is added.
“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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