Beef a la Mode

Ingredients

• Six or seven pounds of the thick flank of beef
• a few slices of fat bacon
• one teacupful of vinegar
• black pepper
• all-spice
• two cloves
• one bunch of savory herbs
• two onions
• two large carrots
• one turnip
• one head of celery
• one and one-half pint of water
• one glass of port wine

Method

1. 1

   Fry the onions until pale brown.

2. 2

   Cut vegetables into small pieces.

3. 3

   Prepare the beef by making holes for bacon and seasoning with spices and herbs.

4. 4

   Bind the beef with tape.

5. 5

   In a stewpan, combine beef, vegetables, vinegar, and water.

6. 6

   Simmer gently for 5 hours, turning occasionally.

7. 7

   Serve with gravy made from the cooking liquid, adding port wine before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 8 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The hearthstone; or, Life at home (1883) by Laura C. Holloway, page 274. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef a la Mode. — Six or seven pounds of the thick flank of beef, a few slices of fat bacon, one teacupful of vinegar, black pepper, all- spice, two cloves, well mixed and finely pounded, making altogether one heaped teaspoonful ; salt to taste ; one bunch of savory herbs, including parsley, all finely minced and well mixed ; two onions, two large carrots, one turnip, one head of celery, one and one-half pint of water, one glass of port wine

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