Boiling Macaroni
Ingredients
Directions
Break macaroni into suitable lengths.
Put macaroni into plenty of boiling water, slightly salted.
Boil actively for 30 to 45 minutes, then drain in a colander.
Pour cold water over the macaroni to prevent sticking.
Spread the macaroni beside each other and cut into pieces about 1 inch long.
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 main body of the dish; boiling softens its starch-rich structure until tender.
The step that matters
Boil actively for 30 to 45 minutes. Pasta needs a vigorous, rolling boil in plenty of water so it cooks evenly and the temperature does not drop too far when the pasta goes in. Too little water or a weak boil leads to gummy, unevenly cooked pieces.
“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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