Beef a la Mode

Ingredients

• 5 pounds beef from the round
• Lardoons of pork
• Salt
• and pepper
• Flour
• Bay leaf
• Water
• Sprig of parsley

Method

1. 1

   Make eight or ten deep incisions in the meat and press into them lardoons of salt pork.

2. 2

   Brown the meat in pork fat or drippings; season, dredge with flour and brown again.

3. 3

   Raise the beef on a trivet, put in water to half cover it, and the vegetables sliced or cut into cubes, bay leaf and parsley.

4. 4

   Cover closely and cook below the boiling point for about four hours.

5. 5

   Remove meat to platter; surround with vegetables and make a brown sauce of the strained liquor.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 7 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF A LA MODE 5 pounds beef from the roimd Lardoons of pork Salt and pepper Flour Bay leaf Water Sprig of parsley

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