Stewed Maccaroni
Ingredients
Directions
Cook the pasta
Wash the maccaroni and place it in a saucepan with plenty of cold water and 2 teaspoons of salt.
Bring the saucepan to a boil and let it boil gently for 10 minutes.
Drain the maccaroni in a colander and rinse it with cold water.
Transfer the maccaroni to a cutting board and cut it into pieces.
Stew and serve
In a saucepan, heat 1 pint of stock.
Add the maccaroni to the stock and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Bring the saucepan to a boil, then reduce the heat and let it simmer gently for 20 minutes with the lid on.
Serve the maccaroni on a hot dish.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Maccaroni
- Forms the bulk of the dish and absorbs the stock as it simmers.
- Stock
- Supplies the liquid that the pasta soaks up, giving the dish its savory flavor.
The step that matters
Simmering the pasta in stock with the lid on. Pasta keeps absorbing liquid as it cooks, so the stock can run low or scorch on the bottom if the heat is too high. Gentle simmering with the lid on keeps the liquid steady so the pasta softens evenly.
“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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