Italian Recipe - Baked Macaroni

This is a great Italian recipe for macaroni and cheese that your kids will love.  Its warm and hearty for the winter, and very easy to prepare, so its perfect for dinner almost any weekday.

Ingredients

1/2 lb macaroni 

1/2 c cream 

1 1/2 tbsp butter 

Pepper, salt and parsley 

1 egg, beaten well 

1 tbsp flour 

4 tbsp grated cheese 

a little crumbed bread 

Italian Cooking

1. Break the macaroni into inch lengths; boil in water slightly salted; drain perfectly dry in a cullender. 
   
2. Take out two table-spoonfuls of cream, and put the rest into a farina-kettle or saucepan, set within another of boiling water. When it is scalding hot, salt to taste; add half a table-spoonful of butter, then the macaroni, and heat together slowly. They should not boil. 
   
3. Meanwhile put the reserved cream into a small saucepan. Heat, stir in the table-spoonful of butter, pepper and parsley; the flour, wet with cold milk, the grated cheese, and when this is dissolved, the beaten egg. 
   
4. Pour the macaroni into a neat baking-dish, cover with the cheese mixture. Strew the top with very fine bread-crumbs, and brown quickly on the upper grating of a hot oven.
   

You can use any kind of cheese you want for this great Italian recipe, but I recommend cheddar, since its the most widely liked.  You're whole family will love this Italian Recipe, especially if you serve it with tomato or tomato basil soup!