Beef a la Mode

Ingredients

• Two pounds of beef
• Two table-spoonfuls of beef or pork drippings
• One onion, sliced thin
• One bay-leaf
• One lemon, cut in slices
• Two tea-spoonfuls of salt
• One-half tea-spoonful of pepper
• One-quarter tea-spoonful of ground allspice
• One-quarter tea-spoonful of cloves
• One-eighth tea-spoonful of mace

Method

1. 1

   Cut the meat into pieces of about three ounces weight, and dredge well with flour.

2. 2

   Put the beef drippings and the sliced onion in a large stew-pan, and when hot, put in the meat and stir constantly for ten minutes.

3. 3

   Dredge in more flour until the mixture is well thickened, adding the bay-leaf, and sprinkling in the spices.

4. 4

   Pour in enough water to cover the meat, place the cover on the stew-pan, and simmer gently for four hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF a la Mode. Two pounds of beef. Two table-spoonfuls of beef or pork drippings. One onion, sliced thin. One bay-leaf. One lemon, cut in slices. Two tea-spoonfuls of salt. One-half tea-spoonful of pepper. One-quarter tea-spoonful of ground allspice. One-quaiter tea-spoonful of cloves. One-eighth tea-spoonful of mace

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