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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

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.
Macaroni Pie. — Boil four ounces of macaroni in veal broth or beef bouillon, put part of it over the bottom of a pie-dish, and cover sparingly with grated cheese and an ounce of butter in small bits. l^Iince a shallot finely, and a few mushrooms ; mix some salt, a blade of mace, pounded, a little pepper, and a small jjinch of cayenne. Season a pound and a half of steak with these in^gredients. Cut it from the fiUet small and thin ; lay the steaks alternately with the macaroni into the dish, covering with macaroni and grated cheese. Run clarified butter over the topMacaroni Pie, and bake in a slow oven for an hour. Probable cost of beef, Is. 4d. per pound. Sufficient for three or four persons. Macaroni, Portuguese, Sweet.— Soak three ouncos of macaroni for an hour be- fore it is required to be prepared. Put it into a bowl, and throw a quart of cold water over it. When wanted, drain on a sieve, and when dry, put it into an enamelled saucepan, to simmer over a slow fire, with a quart of milk and an inch of vanilla to flavour. Stir it occasionally to prevent its sticking to the bottom of the pan, and remove the vanilla as soon as the flavour has been imparted. The macaroni wiQ require nearly two houi-s to simmer. Sweeten with four ounces of loaf sugar, and stir until dis- solved, then draw it from the fire, and add, separately and slowly, five eggs, well beaten, and, lastly, when again heated to the boiling point, a glass of brandy or rum, and a small cup of thick creamMacaroni, Portuguese, Sweet. The macaroni must not boU. Stir it tmtil the heat has gone off, and when cool put it into a glass dish, and in a cold place. Serve when quite cold with macaroons, whole or pounded, over the top. Probable cost. Is. 6d., exclusive of brandy. Sufficient for five persons. Macaroni Pudding. — Simmer slowly two ounces and a half of macaroni in a pint of milk, sweetened with sugar, and the thin rind of half a lemon. Put an edging of puif paste round a pie-dish, and to the boiled macaroni add four well-beaten eggs, a glassful of rum, brandy, or wineMacaroni Pudding, and another pint of milk. Mix the eggs, brandy, and sugar together, and add them to the macaroni. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour and tbjee-quarters. Probable cost, Is. Sufficient for four or five persons. Macaroni Pudding, Parisian.— Sim- mer six ounces of macaroni for fifteen minutes in water salted slightly. Drain, and cut it into pieces of equal length. Grate two ounces of Parmesan cheese, and mince the white moat of a chicken, or the breast and merrj'thought of a fine fowl, a slice or two of boded ham, quite free from fat, a pinch of salt, if necessary, and a very little pepper. Moisten the mince with a cup of thick cream, and two table-spoonfiils of rich gravy-. Stir the macaroni with the mince, add ttie yolks of four eggsMacaroni Pudding, Parisian, and the whites of two, and steam for three-quarters of an hour in a buttered mould. Servo with a rich veal grav^', flavoured with onion and tarragon, and more grated cheese in a dish. Sufficient for three or fotir persons. Macaroni Pudding, Plain.— Butter a Macaroni Pudding, Plain