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Maccaroni Pie (Italian maccaroni pie flavored with candied orange peel, walnuts and currants, topped with breadcrumbs)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time
Contributed by: Taken from "Italian Recipes for Food Reformers" by Maria Gironci (1905)

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Ingredients

For filling
6 ounces maccaroni
2 ounces caster sugar
1 pint milk
3 ounces candied orange-peel
2 ounces walnuts
2 ounces currants
1 ounce butter
2 eggs

For topping
breadcrumbs

Orange Sauce
1 Seville orange
2 sweet oranges
1 ounce castor-sugar
1 ounce butter



Directions

Boil six ounces of maccaroni cut into rather small pieces in one point of boiling milk with one ounce of castor-sugar.

When nearly cooked, add three ounces of shredded candied orange-peel, two ounces of well-chopped peeled walnuts, two ounces of currants, one ounce of sugar, a teaspoonful of nutmeg, one ounce of butter, and two well-whisked eggs.

When all is well mixed, put in a pie-dish, cover with breadcrumbs, and bake in a slow oven for twenty or twenty-five minutes.

Serve with orange sauce.



Orange Sauce

Put in a pan the juice of two large oranges and the grated peel of one; add half a pint of water, one ounce of castor-sugar, one ounce of castor-sugar, and one ounce of butter well rolled in flour.

Stir for ten or twelve minutes.

Just before removing from the fire, stir in the juice of one Seville orange.


Notes

The recipe in this entry was taken from "Italian Recipes for Food Reformers" translated and arranged by Maria Gironci. The book was published in London by George Bell and Sons in 1905. Most of Maria Gironci's recipes in "Italian Recipes for Food Reformers" were originally published in the author's first book, titled, "Recipes of Italian Cookery." The second edition of this cookbook was published in 1892 in London by Gaskill & Webb. "Italian Recipes for Food Reformers" caters to vegetarians, omitting all meat-based dishes. Unfortunately, Maria Gironci's wonderful cookbooks are not yet available at www.archive.org, though reprints are available through reputable publishers. According to the Library of Congress all books published before 1923 are in the public domain.... Photo: Mary Melfi

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