Beef a la Mode

Ingredients

• Take a round of beef
• two tablespoons of milk
• one-quarter of a pound of butter
• Put six onions
• add a pint of claret if you choose

Method

1. 1

   Take a round of beef and make a great many holes through it.

2. 2

   Roll strips of raw salt pork in a seasoning made of half a teaspoon each of thyme, salt, pepper, and cloves.

3. 3

   Then draw these strips through the holes in the beef, or lard with a larding needle.

4. 4

   Put onions, milk, and butter in a saucepan.

5. 5

   Stew the onions tender.

6. 6

   Put beef, onions, and all into a pot, with water just enough to cover them, and cook slowly five hours.

7. 7

   Just before taking up, add a pint of claret if you choose, or omit the claret.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF A LA MODE Take a round of beef and make a great many holes through it. Roll strips of raw salt pork in a seasoning made of half a teaspoon each of thyme, salt, pepper, and cloves. Then draw A Larding Needle these strips through the holes in the beef, or lard with a lard- ing needle. Put six onions, two tablespoons of milk, and one- quarter of a pound of butter in a saucepan. Stew the onions tender. Put beef, onions and all into a pot, with water just enough to cover them, and cook slowly five hours. Just before taking up, add a pint of claret if you choose

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