Macaroni with Tomato

Origin: Madrid, Spain

Source: Anonymous, 1921

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cook the macaroni in salted water until cooked.
  2. Drain well. Prepare a sauce using manteca de vaca (beef lard) and tomato.
  3. In a baking dish (besuguera), layer the ingredients: spread a layer of tomato sauce on the bottom, then a layer of macaroni, then a layer of grated Parmesan or ball cheese.
  4. Repeat these layers until the dish is full, finishing with a final layer of tomato sauce on top.
  5. Place in the oven and bake.
  6. Serve the macaroni in the same baking dish or pot in which it was cooked.

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