Name: Consomme Au Macaroni
Ingredients: 3 pints Consommé (No. 1 or 2); 1 ounce macaroni; Grated Parmesan cheese

Consomme Au Macaroni

Ingredients

3 pints Consommé (No. 1 or 2)
1 ounce macaroni
Grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

Add 1 ounce of prepared macaroni to 3 pints of Consommé.
Let it simmer for 15 minutes.
Serve with grated Parmesan cheese on the side.

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: Adds starchy body and a chewy bite to the clear consommé.
Consommé: Forms the savoury liquid base that the macaroni cooks in and carries the flavour.
Parmesan cheese: Adds salty, savoury umami flavour when sprinkled over the finished dish.

“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.