Macaroni Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Break the macaroni into pieces slightly longer than 1 inch.
Bring the gravy soup to a boil.
Cook
Gradually add the macaroni to the boiling soup to prevent sticking.
Boil until the macaroni is tender but not soft, about 15-20 minutes for fresh macaroni or up to 30 minutes for stale macaroni.
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
- Naples macaroni
- Provides the starchy pasta pieces that soften in the broth and thicken it slightly.
- Gravy soup
- Serves as the cooking liquid that carries the flavor of the whole dish.
The step that matters
Adding the macaroni gradually to the boiling soup. Dropping pasta in all at once lets the pieces clump and stick together. Adding it gradually while the soup is boiling keeps the pieces separate so they cook 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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