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Dinner · Swiss · Weeknight
Älplermagronen (Alpine macaroni)
A swiss favorite, _Älplermagronen_ combines pretty much everything you have at your disposal in your alpine chalet. It's the definition of comfort food for…
- 25 min hands-on
- 45 min total
- Serves 4
- about $4–7 a serving
- Pork
- large pot
Open it in the app → Scaled list, tap-off ingredients, and cook mode with timers. The iPhone app is coming soon; the web mockup runs it now.
Ingredients serves 4
- 150g (⅓ lb)bacon cubescheck the label: may contain soy
- 3onions (medium size)
- 400g (15 oz)potatoes (firm/waxy)
- 1 - 2L (¼ - ½ gal)milk
- 400g (15 oz)macaroni (dry weight)
- 150g (⅓ lb)medium soft cheese. Appenzeller works best. Gruyère would be my go-to alternative
- 1 jarapple sauce
Method one step at a time, with timers in the app
- Fry bacon cubes in pot (this pot will be used for everything so choose an appropriately large one).
- Cut onions into half-rings and let them sweat in the same pot. Add some butter if your bacon was not fatty enough.
- Peel potatoes and cut them into ~1 cm/half inch cubes.
- When the onions have become sufficiently cooked, add potatoes.
- Top everything with milk and let the potatoes cook for about 10 minutes.⏱ 10 min
- Add macaroni and the remaining milk to cover everything. Most of the milk will be absorbed by the macaroni.
- Shred your cheese.
- A minute or two before the macaroni are done, add the shredded cheese into the pot. It should appear a bit too runny in the pot. While cooling it will increase in viscosity quite a bit. If the final texture is not creamy enough, it is most likely due to using the wrong cheese.
- Season to taste. (Needs quite a bit of salt). Nutmeg also works well here.
- Serve with apple sauce. Should be eaten together, not as a dessert.
Allergens, with the fine print read
- ⚠Contains dairy, gluten.
- ?Check the label: bacon cubes may contain soy, depending on the brand.
- !These tags haven't had their final human sign-off yet. Always read the label.
Original recipe by alexander-bocken, published in the public domain by Public Domain Recipes (Unlicense). Shown as written; not yet tested in the Socrabites kitchen.