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Macaroni with Ham

4 servings

Ingredients

• Macaroni (cooked, according to basic recipe) (as needed)
• Raw ham (in strips) (as needed)
• 1 top cup Sour cream
• 2 pcs Egg yolk
• Breadcrumbs or Swiss cheese (grated) (a little)
• Butter (a little)

Instructions

1. Pour cold water over the macaroni cooked according to the basic recipe and place them in a baking dish, mixing in raw ham cut into strips.
2. Whisk the sour cream with the egg yolk, pour over the macaroni, and shake everything together.
3. Sprinkle the dish quite thickly with grated breadcrumbs or grated Swiss cheese, drizzle with butter, and bake the macaroni for half an hour in a moderately hot oven.
4. If the top heat is too strong, place a buttered sheet of paper on top.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.