Boiled Macaroni
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the macaroni in boiling salted water for 20 minutes or until soft.
Drain in a strainer and rinse with cold water to prevent sticking.
Add the cream, reheat, and season with salt.
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 starchy body of the dish, softening as it cooks in boiling water.
- Cream
- Adds richness and moisture, giving the macaroni a smooth, fatty texture when reheated.
The step that matters
Rinsing after draining. Cold water rinses surface starch from the hot macaroni, which otherwise gums up and makes the pieces stick together as they cool.
“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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