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Beetroot and Macaroni Salad

A historic Australian dish of macaroni, tablespoonsful oil, beetroot, pepper and salt and tablespoonsful vinegar. Adapted from Beetroot and Macaroni Salad, from The Art of Living in Australia (1893).

Adapted from Beetroot and Macaroni Salad, in The Art of Living in Australia (1893), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Australian Table collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/australian-table/recipes/beetroot-and-macaroni-salad.md.

Ingredients

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Beetroot and Macaroni Salad

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Boil both the macaroni and the beetroot by directions given elsewhere

  2. When quite cold, peel and slice up the beetroot and cut the macaroni into pieces about two inches long; arrange them in alternate layers on a dish

  3. Blend the oil and vinegar with the salt and pepper and pour it over; let it stand for an hour, basting continually with the oil and vinegar

  4. By that time it should be of a bright red colour

  5. It is then ready to serve

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Art of Living in Australia (1893; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)