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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
batter with two eggs, three-quarters of a pint of milk, and half a pound of flour, mix smoothly, and pour a little of it into a pie-dish ; season one pound of steak and half a pound of kidneyBeef Steak Pudding Baked ac- cording to taste (they should be cut into smaU pieces) , and lay them on the top of the batter ; fill up the dish with the remainder and bake in a quick oven for about an hour and three-quar- ters. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Beef Steak, Roasted, and Stuffed.— Fry in a little butter the following ingredients, and make a forcemeat of them and two Frencl> rolls, which have been previously soaked i;^ milk; see that the frying-pan is quite clean, and put into it one ounce of butter, a slice of lean ham, well scraped, a bay-leaf, a little minced parsley, two shalots, a clove, two blades of mace, and a few mushrooms. Put the rolls into a stewpan after having squeezed out all the milk, and add to them three or four table- spoonfuls of rich stock; then put half a pint of stock to the ingredients in the frpng-pan. boil for twenty minutes, and strain the liquid into the stewpan over the roUs, place it over the fire and stir in a little butter; when dry keep still stirring : then add the yolks of two eggs to bind it. Have ready two pounds of (64) rump steak, cut thick, season it with, pepper and salt, and roll it up tight with the above force- meat carefully enclosed, that it may not drop out. Eoast it for one hour and a half before a good, clear fire, basting constantly with butter, and serve with brown gravy. Probable cost, 2s. lOd. Sufficient for four persons. Beef Steak, Rump.— A good rump steak should be about three-quarters of an inch thick, and cut from meat that has hung for a few days to make it tender. Beat it with a small rolling-pin, but do not mash the meat; season well with pepper, and put it on a heated gridii-on, the bars of which have been rubbed with good fat or suet to keep the steak from adhering to them. Be sure the fire is clear before commencing to broil ; turn the steak often. In from eight to ten minutes one of ordinary thickness will be done enough. Have ready a very hot dish on which a shalot, or onion, if preferred, has been rubbed soundly to extract the juice. Slightly warm a table- spoonful of mushroom ketchup or other beef sauce, and dish up the meat quickly with some butter on the top, and seasoned ■v\ith pepper and salt. Use quite fresh butter, or it will spoil the flavour of the steak ; and garnish the dish with horse-radish grated. Oyster, onion, or any other sauce liked may be served with it. Probable cost. Is. 4d. per pound. Beef Steak and Fried Potatoes.— Get steak from the fillet of the siiioin, if pos- sible, and broil it over a clear fire; the steak should be about a third of an inch thick, and turned frequently for five minutes, when it will be sufficiently cooked ; put a quarter of a pound of butter into a frying-pan, with se^-en or eight potatoes sliced long and thin, and fry till they become a good brown colour. The butter in which the potatoes were fried should be used to warm up the seasoning, and a tea-spoonful of minced herbs. When ready, put the herbs imder the steak and garnish with the pota- toes. Allow half a pound of steak for each person. Beef, Stewed, and Celery Sauce.— Beef, Stewed, and Celery Sauce