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Show Tomato Macaroni Dish For Summer Dinner On the lookout for a. new way to scire macaroni! Uere Is & tomato macaroni cassers'a Meal for sv summer dinner on the porch or terrace. Of the many advantages of casserole cooking, there's one that comes to the fore with warm weather. That is the case In serving. Tomato macaroni casserole Is a meal In a dish that whisks ever so handily to the porch or terrace. It saves on the number if dishes to be toted to your out door eating spot Substantial enough for a summer dinner, this casserole con I tains meat In the form of crumbled bacon. The combination of bacon and sharp Cheddar cheese with the macaroni gives a distinctively pleasing flavor. Chopped ba.eJ nam msy be substituted for bacon. A refreshing beverage to accompany the dish is ice-cold mUk. Take a pitcher of milk from the refrigerator just ai you're ready to wheel the erv ing cart to the porch. When the clan has gathered, pour a taU glass frothy and icy cold for each one. Remember the grownups need milk just as the .rowing-ups do. TOMATO MACARONI CASS1ROLE . 9 Inch s-ure biking dlb . i Servings 4 tikes bacon 1 S-oz. package elbow macaroni 3 tablespoons batter 3 tablespoons flour 1H teaspoon salt 5i teaspoon pepper 2 cops milk 2) cops anredded sharp Cheddar cheese S medium tomatoes, sllotd Paprika Cook fcscon until crisp. Drain and cool Coolc macaroni in 2 quarts boiling salted wtter until tender (8-10 ns'jiutes). Drain. Melt Lutter In saucepan. Add flour, salt and pepper. Add milk gradually, and cook, stirring constantly, until sreo Un and thickened. Add 2 cups of the shredded cheese and sttr until the cheese is melted. Crumbla the bacon and add to the cnerso sauce. Spread half of the macaroni in a buttered 9 inch squnre baking dish (2 quart capacity), Arrange half cf the tomato slices ta top. Top with half of the cheese sauce. Repeat layers and pous cheese sauce over all. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 4 cup shredded cheese and paprika. Broil 4 inches from the heat for 4-9 minutes or until the cheero is browned and bubbly. NOTE: Bacon may be omitted from the cheese sauce or V cup chopped baked him' may bi substituted. sn -r , |