The Skilful Cook Part 106

Cheese Pudding.

_Ingredients_--3 oz. of bread-crumbs.

1 pint of milk.

lb. of grated cheese.

3 eggs.

1 oz. of b.u.t.ter.

Pepper and salt.

A little cayenne.

_Method._--Put the crumbs into a basin.

Boil the milk; pour it over them, and let them soak.

Then add the yolks of the three eggs, the grated cheese, and seasoning.

Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and stir them in lightly.

Pour the mixture into a greased pie-dish, and bake in a quick oven until well thrown up and brown.

Macaroni and Cheese.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of macaroni.

2 oz. of grated cheese.

pint of milk.

1 oz. of b.u.t.ter.

oz. of flour.

Pepper and salt.

A little cayenne.

_Method._--Break the macaroni into small pieces, and boil in a quart of water for thirty minutes or more until the macaroni is tender.

Then strain away the water.

Melt the b.u.t.ter in a stewpan.

Mix in the flour smoothly.

Pour in the milk, stir, and boil well.

Then put in the macaroni, seasoning, and half the cheese.

Put the mixture into a greased pie-dish.

Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese over it, and bake in a quick oven until brown.

Macaroni Stewed in Milk.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of macaroni.

1 pint of milk.

_Method._--Break the macaroni, and boil it in one quart of water for thirty minutes.

Then strain away the water, and pour in the milk.

Stew gently, stirring occasionally for thirty minutes.

This may be eaten with jam, sugar, treacle, stewed fruit, &c.

Macaroni Stewed in Stock.

Prepare according to directions in the preceding recipe, using stock instead of milk.

Macaroni is very good plainly boiled and served as a vegetable with roasted or stewed meat.

Savoury Rice.

_Ingredients_--1 onion.

2 oz. of rice.

1 pint of boilings from meat.

Pepper and salt.

_Method._--Boil the onion until tender, then chop it finely.

Wash the rice, and boil it in the meat liquor with the chopped onion until tender.

Add pepper and salt to taste.

Cheese Sandwiches.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of grated cheese.

The yolks of 3 hard-boiled eggs.

4 slices of b.u.t.tered bread.

1 oz. of b.u.t.ter.

Pepper and salt.

A little cayenne.

_Method._--Beat the yolks well with the b.u.t.ter; add the cheese and seasoning. Spread the mixture on the two pieces of b.u.t.tered bread, and place the others over.

Rice Stewed with Cheese.

_Ingredients_-- lb. of rice.

2 pints of water.