Beef a-la-mode

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. rumpsteak (two inches thick)
• a few thin slices of fat bacon
• 1 calfs foot or part of a cow’s heel
• 2 tablespoons of brandy
• one carrot
• one onion
• pepper and salt
• | pint water

Method

1. 1

   Lay the slices of bacon on the beefsteak and put it into an earthenware stew-pot.

2. 2

   Add the calf’s foot, sweet herbs, carrot, onion, brandy, water, pepper, and salt.

3. 3

   Cover and place in a moderate oven.

4. 4

   Stew for three hours or more, turning occasionally.

5. 5

   Skim off the fat and remove the bacon and calf's foot.

6. 6

   Serve with gravy and vegetables.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "A1" cookery book (1901) by H. N. L., page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef a-la-mode. — 2 lbs. rumpsteak (two inches thick), a few thin slices of fat bacon, 1 calfs foot or part of a cow’s heel, 2 tablespoons of brandy, one carrot, one onion, pepper and salt, | pint water

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