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Macaroni Soup

From [Modern cookery, in all its branches, 1884

Serves 1

Macaroni should be boiled tender but not burst or pulpy.

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Ingredients

  • four ounces of fine fresh mellow Naples maccaroni
  • about an ounce of fresh butter
  • a small onion
  • three or four cloves

Method

  1. Throw the macaroni into fast-boiling water with butter and the onion stuck with cloves.

  2. When tender, drain, cut into half-inch lengths, and add to two quarts of clear gravy-soup.

  3. Simmer for a few minutes and serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

As published

This recipe was extracted from [Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MACARONI SOUP. Throw four ounces of fine fresh* mellow Naples maccaroni into a pan of fast-boiling water, with about an ounce of fresh butter, and a small onion stuck with three or four cloves

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