Beef à la Mode

Ingredients

• 6 lbs. Leg of Beef or Silverside
• 1 Calf s Foot
• 2 Onions
• 2 Carrots
• 1 Turnip
• 1 fagot of Herbs
• 40 Peppercorns
• 1 blade of Mace
• 6 Cloves
• Salt

Method

1. 1

   Have the foot well chopped up, put it on in cold water, bring it to the boil.

2. 2

   Let it boil for five minutes, then take it up and scrape and wash it well, lay it in a stewpan with the beef cut into pieces.

3. 3

   Cover with cold water and bring to the boil, put in the spices tied in a piece of muslin, and let it simmer very gently for three hours.

4. 4

   Slice up the vegetables and put them in, and continue simmering altogether for about five hours.

5. 5

   Take up the foot, take out all the bones, and cut into pieces; put back the meat of the foot into the saucepan, take out the spices, season with salt, remove the fat, boil up, and serve.

6. 6

   This dish is always better for being made the day before it is wanted, as the fat can be more easily removed.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of living in Australia (1893) by Philip E. Muskett, page 206. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF 1 LA MODE. 6 lbs. Leg of Beef or Silyerside 1 Calf s Foot . 2 Onions . 2 Carrots . 1 Turnip . 1 fagot of Herbs 40 Peppercorns . 1 blade of Mace . 6 Cloves . Salt

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