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Macaroni with Sausages

A baked macaroni dish layered with pork sausages, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese, and veal gravy.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 7 ingredients
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Why it works: Mushroom and parmesan cheese are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 1,199 recipes. Both carry methyl 2-methylbutyrate, which smells apple, fatty. The science ↓

Macaroni with Sausages

Oven, in the book's wordsA medium oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a medium oven”. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Boil the macaroni until tender, then drain.

  2. Boil the pork sausages, skin them, and cut into slices.

  3. Butter a pan.

Assemble

  1. Layer macaroni in the pan.

  2. Add a layer of sausages.

  3. Sprinkle grated cheese.

  4. Repeat layers until the pan is full.

  5. Pour rich veal gravy over the top.

Bake and serve

  1. Bake in a 350°F (175°C) oven for 30 minutes, then serve.

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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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. Mushroom + parmesan cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,199 recipes

    Shared aroma: methyl 2-methylbutyrate (apple, fatty).

  2. Pork + mushroomtop 8% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together3,875 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-propylphenol (allspice, anise).

  3. Pork + vealtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,930 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4-heptenal (creamy, biscuit).

  4. Mushroom + peppertop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together13,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Mushroom + vealtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,446 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,4-nonadienal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the bulk of the dish and provides the starchy structure of each layer.
Pork sausages
Adds savory meat flavor and richness to each layer.
Button mushrooms
Add earthy flavor and moisture to the dish.
Parmesan cheese
Melts into the layers and adds salty, savory flavor and browning.
Veal gravy
Moistens the layers as it soaks down and adds rich, meaty flavor.

The step that matters

Pouring the veal gravy over the top. Pour it evenly so every layer absorbs liquid as it bakes. Uneven pouring leaves dry macaroni in some spots and soggy pockets in others.

“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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