BAKED MINCED BEEF

Ingredients

• the inside of a cold roast joint
• season it rather highly with cayenne
• and mace or nutmeg
• moderately with salt
• one or two eschalots minced small
• a few chopped mushrooms
• two tablespoonsful of mushroom catsup
• a cupful of good gravy

Method

1. 1

   Mince tolerably fine, with a moderate proportion of its own fat, as much of the inside of a cold roast joint as will suffice for a dish: that which is least done is best for the purpose.

2. 2

   Season it rather highly with cayenne and mace or nutmeg, and moderately with salt; add, when they are liked, one or two eschalots minced small, with a few chopped mushrooms either fresh or pickled, or two tablespoonsful of mushroom catsup.

3. 3

   Mix the whole well with a cupful of good gravy, and put it into a deep dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 200. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED MINCED BEEP. Mince tolerably fine, with a moderate proportion of its own fat, as much of the inside of a cold roast joint as will suffice for a dish : that which is least done is best for the purpose. Season it rather highly with cayenne and mace or nutmeg, and moderately with salt ; add, when they are liked, one or two eschalots minced small, with a few chopped mushrooms either fresh or pickled, or two tablespoonsful of mushroom catsup. Mix the whole well with a cupful of good gravy

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