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Aelplermagaronen (Älpler Macaroni)

Ingredients for four people:

• 1lb medium sized potatoes (suitable for boiling)
• ½ lb macaroni
• ½ strong cheese, grated (e.g. Appenzeller)
• 2 fluid oz cream
• 1 fluid oz milk
• 2 large onions
• 1-2 cloves garlic
• butter greasing the pan
• salt
• flour for sprinkling
• clarified butter for frying

Oven temperature: c 310 degrees

Method:

1. Peel the pototoes and cut into cubes (slightly smaller than the macaroni, so that they both cook in the same time).
2. Cook macaroni and potatoes together in lightly salted water until the macaroni are "al dente". Drain well.
3. Grease an oven-proof baking dish, and lay in it alternate layers of the potato/macaroni mixture and the grated chese
4. Boil up the cream and milk and pour them over the dish.
5. Put the dish in the middle of the preheated oven, and leave for around 10 minutes, until the cheese has melted but not changed color.
6. Meanwhile slice the onions into thin rings and chop the garlic finely. Sprinkle with flour, and fry until golden in the butter, turning constantly. Allow to drain on kitchen paper, and arrange over the macaroni.

This dish is served with apple sauce or "Ankestückli"

Tip: Use the thickest possible macaroni for this dish, which remain "al dente" even after long cooking.

Ingredients apple sauce:

• 1 ½ lb sour apples
• 1oz butter
• 2 fluid oz apple juice or white wine
• sugar

Method:

1. Peel and slice apples, removing the cores.
2. Heat the butter in a skillet and sauté the apples briefly
3. Sprinkle sugar over them to lightly caramelize them
4. Add juice or wine, allow to cook gently until all the liquid is absorbed
5. Serve hot with the Aelplermagronen