Macaroni with Breadcrumbs
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 300 g long macaroni
- 15 g flour
- 60 g butter
- 60 g Gruyere cheese
- 40 g Parmesan cheese
- 6 dl milk
- breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Half-cook the macaroni, salt, and drain.
- Make a balsamella by cooking half the butter with the flour, then adding the milk gradually and boiling about ten minutes.
- Add the macaroni and Gruyere and let them absorb the milk gently at the stove's edge.
- Stir in the remaining butter and Parmesan, mound in a heatproof dish, cover with breadcrumbs, brown, and serve hot.