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Macaroni Soup

A simple soup made with macaroni, stock, salt, and white pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Macaroni Soup

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the macaroni

  1. Break the macaroni into small (2-inch) pieces.

  2. Boil the macaroni in slightly salted water for 30 minutes or until soft.

  3. Drain the macaroni.

Make the soup

  1. In a pot, bring the stock to a boil.

  2. Add the cooked macaroni to the stock.

  3. Season with salt and white pepper, boil briefly, and 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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What each ingredient does

Macaroni
Forms the body of the soup and gives it a soft, starchy texture once cooked.
Stock
Provides the liquid base and most of the savory flavor of the soup.

“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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