thisweek

Archive recipe

Stewed Kidneys and Macaroni

A historic Australian dish of kidneys, stock, butter, macaroni and parsley, pepper, and salt. Adapted from Stewed Kidneys and Macaroni, from The Art of Living in Australia (1893).

Adapted from Stewed Kidneys and Macaroni, 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/stewed-kidneys-and-macaroni.md.

Ingredients

The dish

2 of 5 items checked

Stewed Kidneys and Macaroni

archive.org

2 of 5 items checked · 4 aisles

Produce

  • Checked by You

Meat & Poultry

Dairy & Eggs

Pantry / Durable

  • Checked by You

Cooking Instructions

  1. Put the macaroni into boiling water seasoned with salt, and boil for about twenty minutes, or until quite soft, but not broken

  2. When it is boiling, skin and cut the kidneys in half

  3. Put them into a frying-pan with the butter, and toss them over the fire for two or three minutes

  4. Sprinkle with parsley, pepper, and salt

  5. Pour over the stock or water

  6. Bring it to the boil, then cover down by the side of the fire for five minutes

  7. Place carefully in the centre of a hot dish

  8. Boil up the gravy and pour over

  9. Arrange the macaroni round the dish as a border, and serve hot

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)