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From The art of living in Australia (1893).

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A historical recipe

The art of living in Australia, by Philip E Muskett (1893).

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 2 quarts Water
  2. 2 oz. Cheese Rind

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 2 oz.
  2. Macaroni 2 quarts Water or Pot Boilings 2 oz.
  3. Cheese Rind .
  4. Total Cost— 3(Z.
  5. Time— Half an Hour.
  6. Put the water or stock on to boil, and when it boils put in the macaroni and boil from twenty-five to thirty minutes.
  7. "While it is boiling grate up a dry piece of cheese.
  8. Put the tomatoes into boiling water and remove the skin, slice them up and put them into a saucepan with the butter and some pepper and salt, and cook them for a few minutes.
  9. When the macaroni is soft, cut it into pieces one inch long, put a layer of tomatoes at the bottom of the soup tureen, then a layer of grated cheese, then one of macaroni ;
  10. repeat this until all the materials are used up, pour over it boiling the liquor in which the macaroni has been cooked, cover down for a few minutes, and serve.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
Source public domain per archive.org metadata; unverified
Credit

From The art of living in Australia (1893), printed page 271, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/artoflivinginaus00muskiala

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.