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Macaroni Cheese

A baked macaroni dish layered with cheese and topped with breadcrumbs and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Hamilton, Margaret · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 1 ingredients
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Macaroni Cheese

Macaroni Cheese

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Boil one ounce macaroni in salted boiling water for thirty minutes.

  2. Drain the macaroni.

  3. Place the macaroni in a buttered dish.

Assemble and bake

  1. Add alternate layers of grated cheese.

  2. Cover the dish with breadcrumbs.

  3. Place a few pieces of butter on top, then bake.

By Hamilton, Margaret. 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.

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What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the bulk and structure of the dish, holding the layers together.
Grated cheese (in the method)
Melts into the pasta, giving a creamy texture and rich flavour.
Butter (in the method)
Adds richness and fat, helping the top brown in the oven.

“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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