Macaroni A La Italienne Recipe

2 lbs. ground meat

2 onions

1 large tablespoon butter

1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

salt and pepper to taste

1 large can tomatoes

2 lbs. macaroni

Parmesan cheese

2, 3 or 4 cups water

Put butter in a pan and allow it to melt, add onions and cook until

light brown, not dark. Now add meat and cook slowly, now add sugar, and

seasoning and tomatoes, and as it cooks down add 1 cup of water. Allow

it to cook three hours or longer, adding more water as it needs it. It

will turn dark, almost a mahogany, as it nears the finishing point. When

almost done put macaroni on in plenty of boiling salt water and cook

almost twenty minutes. Do not allow it to cook entirely. When done drain

off water. Now take baking dish, and put a layer of macaroni on bottom,

now a layer of parmesan cheese, now a layer of the tomato and meat

sauce, now a layer of cheese and repeat with macaroni, cheese, sauce,

etc., until the top is reached. Put on a generous layer of sauce and

cheese and allow it to bake about a half hour in a medium oven, being

careful that it is not too hot.

Regarding how much water to add must be determined by cook. Some times

it boils more rapidly. The sauce must not be too thin.

To serve with Macaroni Italienne the following is very fine.

Have the butcher cut a 2 pound round steak as thin as possible and

prepare the following way:

1 generous cup grated bread crumbs

2 anchovies, cut fine

1/2 tablespoon parsley, cut fine

3 eggs boiled hard

1/2 tablespoon parmesan cheese

seasoning to taste

Grate the bread, cut anchovies and parsley fine. Mix all with seasoning

and cheese and spread on steak. Now place the eggs which have been

boiled hard, peel, and allow to remain whole on top of bread crumbs,

etc. Place at equal distance from each other, and roll up and bind with

skewers or cord. Put this into the pot with the tomato and meat sauce

and allow it to cook until the sauce is done, at which time the meat

roll will also be ready to serve. Place the roll on a dish and cut in

slices.

This, with a light salad, is sufficient for a dinner.