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Macaroni, Italian Style

Name: Macaroni, Italian Style
Ingredients: 1 cup macaroni; 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 1/2 cups scalded milk; 2/3 cup grated cheese; salt and paprika; 1/4 cup finely chopped cold boiled ham

A historic early American dish of macaroni, butter, flour, scalded milk and cheese. Adapted from Macaroni, Italian Style, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896).

Adapted from Macaroni, Italian Style, in The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's Ye Old American Recipe Book 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/ye-old-american/recipes/macaroni-italian-style.md.

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Meat & Poultry

¼ cupcold boiled ham

Dairy & Eggs

2 tbspbutterChecked by You
1½ cupsscalded milk
⅔ cupcheeseChecked by You

Pantry / Durable

1 cupmacaroni
2 tbspflour

Spices & Seasoning

salt and paprika

Cooking Instructions

Break macaroni in one-inch pieces
Cook in boiling salted water
Drain
Reheat in sauce made of butter, flour, and milk
Add cheese to sauce
As soon as cheese is melted, season with salt and paprika
Turn on to a serving dish
Sprinkle with ham
Garnish with parsley

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (1896; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)