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1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
the Macaroni, fillets of fowl, truffles, mushrooms, and cocks’ combs cut into small pieces and cooked in gravy, small squares of cooked ham, and a moderate quantity of grated Parmesan cheese, moistening occasionally with good veal gravyMacaroni Pie. Cover the mould with a flat of paste, trim off round the edges, brush these with a paste-brush dipped in beaten white of egg, press them together, and bake the pie in a moderate oven for about one hour. When cooked, turn it out of the mould on to a hot dish, and serve. Macaroni Pudding. — (1) Put 2oz. or so of small pipe Macaroni into a saucepan with 1 pint of milk, flavour with a little lemon-peel and cinnamon, and simmer gently until the Macaroni is tender. Turn it all into a pie-dish, put in the yolks of two or three eggs and the white of one, also sugar and grated nutmeg to taste, and pour over 1 table-spoonful of peach-juice and J wineglassful of raisin wine. Place a rim of paste round the edge of the dish, and bake. (2) Break the Macaroni into convenient lengths, put it into a stewpan, with a sufficient quantity of milk, plenty of sugar, and any flavouring liked, and boil until tender. When cooked, strain the Macaroni, and leave it until nearly cold. Beat three eggs well, mix them with the cold Macaroni, turn it into a buttered basin that will just hold it, and tie a floured cloth over the top. Put the pudding in a saucepan of boiling water, and boil for an hour. When cooked, turn the pudding on to a hot dish, and serve with a sauceboatful of sweet sauce. (3) Put 3oz. or 4oz. of powdered loaf sugar into a saucepan with a small quantity of water, and boil until a dark brown colour ; warm a plain mould and pour the sugar into it, turning about with the hands until the mould is coated all over. Sweeten 1 pint of milk to taste with sugar, place it over the fire in a stewpan until boiling, then put in 2oz. of MacaroniMacaroni Pudding (2) broken into convenient-sized pieces. When the Macaroni is tender, let it cool a little, then mix in the beaten yolks of four eggs. Pour the mixture into the lined mould, and bake for a-quarter-of-an-hour. When cooked, turn the pudding out of the mould on to a hot dish, and serve. (4) Boil 2oz. of Macaroni in a saucepan with lqt. of water ; when tender, drain off’ the water and add J gill of milk and 2oz. of caster sugar. Toss the pan frequently until the milk is absorbed, add a little ground cinnamon or grated nutmeg to flavour, and serve with stewed fruit. (5) Boil 6oz. of Macaroni in salted water until quite tender, taking care not to break it ; take it out, and drain. In the meantime, beat in a basin the yolks of five eggs and the whites of two, add 1 gill of cream, and pour it into a saucepan containing three thin slices of ham and the breast of a chicken, both well minced. Mix 3 table- spoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese with half a blade of powdered mace, a little salt, pepper, and cayenne, stir it into the egg mixture, add the Macaroni, and mix thoroughly. Pour it into a well-buttered mould, put the mould in a saucepan of water, but not sufficient to cover it, and boil for an hour. Turn it out on to a dish, pour some rich gravy over, garnish round with potato croquettes (see Fig. 1109), and serve.