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A baked pasta dish layered with cheese, butter, bread crumbs, tomato sauce, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 13 ingredients
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Why it works: Clove and pepper match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 17,451 recipes. Both carry ethyl octanoate, which smells fruity, wine. The science ↓

Baked Macaroxt

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the macaroni

  1. Boil macaroni as directed.

  2. Boil one package of macaroni in salted water until tender.

  3. Drain the macaroni.

Make the tomato sauce

  1. Cook one can of tomatoes for 20 minutes with one bay leaf, one slice of onion, one blade of mace, one stalk of celery, one clove, and a pinch of soda.

  2. Season the tomato sauce with salt and pepper.

Assemble and bake

  1. Butter a baking dish.

  2. Put a layer of macaroni in the dish.

  3. Add a layer of tomato sauce.

  4. Melt one tablespoon of butter and mix with one cup of bread crumbs and a cup of grated cheese.

  5. Add a layer of bread crumbs and cheese.

  6. Dot with bits of butter.

  7. Repeat the layering, finishing with a layer of bread crumbs.

  8. Place macaroni in a baking dish in alternate layers with grated or crumbled cheese, bits of butter, and a little pepper and salt.

  9. Fill to the top of the macaroni with sweet milk.

  10. Bake in a moderate oven.

  11. Place in the oven and bake about 45 minutes.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

569Calories
15 gProtein
2 gFat
122 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Clove1 tsp ground (2g)7
Celery1 stalk (40g)6
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Bay Leaf1 leaf (0.6g)2
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Macenot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp. 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. See the original page.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  2. Celery + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together16,012 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Celery + clovetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together4,668 recipes

    Shared aroma: gamma-decalactone (peach, creamy).

  4. Clove + macetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together8,400 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyleugenol (clove, spice).

  5. Onion + celerytop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,518 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Macaroni (in the method)
Forms the bulk and structure of the baked dish, holding its layers together.
Tomatoes (in the method)
Provide moisture and acidity that flavour the sauce layers.
Cheese (in the method)
Melts into the layers, adding richness and savoury flavour.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, browned topping when baked.
Butter (in the method)
Adds fat and richness and helps the crumb topping brown.
Sweet milk (in the method)
Adds moisture that softens the macaroni as it bakes.

The step that matters

Fill to the top with milk before baking. Milk must cover the macaroni so it absorbs liquid and cooks through rather than drying out in the oven.

Swap the mace

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (onion, celery, clove, bread, pepper):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Parsleyfits better
  3. Marjoramfits better
  4. Macethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against onion, celery, clove, bread, pepper. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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