Boiled Macaroni - American Recipe

Boiled Macaroni

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Saucepan, Quart measure, Colander

A staple boiled macaroni from the American home breakfast table.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup macaroni—broken into one-inch pieces
• 2 quarts boiling water
• 1 tablespoon salt
• White Sauce No. 2
• or
• Tomato Sauce

Method

1. Pour — the boiling water into a saucepan over the fire, add the salt and macaroni, and boil for twenty minutes.
2. Pour — the macaroni from the saucepan into a colander, letting the water drain away; then pour cold water over the macaroni.
3. Prepare — White Sauce No. 2 in accordance with the directions on page 150, or Tomato Sauce in accordance with the directions on page 50, add the boiled macaroni to the sauce, and reheat.

Tags: tomato, macaroni · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)