Macaroni

Macaroni con carne

• ½ lb macaroni
• 1 minced onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¾ lb. hamburger
• 1 can tomato soup
• 1 cup grated cheese
• bread crumbs

Cook macaroni in salted water. Drain and blanch. Fry onion in butter, add hamburger and cook 3 minutes. Add tomato soup and cheese. Put macaroni in buttered baking dish, turn meat in the center. cover with bread crumbs and cheese. Bake in moderate oven ½ hour.

Macaroni loaf

• ½ cup elbow macaroni
• 1 cup cream or rich milk
• 1 cup soft bread crumbs
• ¼ cup melted butter
• ½ cup grated cheese
• 1 chopped pimento
• 1 teaspoon onion juice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs (beaten separate)
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Cook macaroni in boiling water. Blanch and drain. Pour hot milk over bread crumbs and melted butter, add beaten yolks and macaroni and other ingredients. Fold egg whites in last. Put in greased bread pan, stand in hot water. Bake in moderate oven about 1 hour. Service with tomato sauce or mushrooms.

Macaroni sauce

Fry onion in olive oil flavored with garlic. Mix in dried herbs, sage and mushrooms. Add diced chicken livers or hamburger. Add 2 cans tomatoes. Cook 10 minutes, cool and serve on cooked macaroni.