Italian Soup

2 oz macaroni
2 qts water or stock
2 tomatoes
1 oz butter
2 oz cheese rind

Put the water or stock on to boil, and when it boils put in the macaroni and boil from twenty-five to thirty minutes.

While it is boiling grate up a dry piece of cheese. Put the tomatoes into boiling water and remove the skin, slice them up and put them into a saucepan with the butter and some pepper and salt, and cook them for a few minutes.

When the macaroni is soft, cut it into pieces one inch long, put a layer of tomatoes at the bottom of the soup tureen, then a layer of grated cheese, then one of macaroni; repeat this until all the materials are used up, pour over it boiling the liquor in which the macaroni has been cooked, cover down for a few minutes, and serve.

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