Beef a la Mode with Stuffing

Ingredients

• a piece of the round of beef weighing about six pounds
• three-quarters of a pound of raw beef
• a quarter of a pound of fat salt pork
• one pound of grated bread
• a quarter of a pound of butter
• one level teaspoonful of powdered thyme
• one level teaspoonful of savory
• one level teaspoonful of cloves
• one level teaspoonful of allspice
• two teaspoonfuls of salt
• one saltspoonful of pepper
• a dust of cayenne
• three pints of boiling water
• a tablespoonful of flour
• three tablespoonfuls of wine or tomato-catsup

Method

1. 1

   Cut holes in the beef and fill with stuffing.

2. 2

   Bind with tape.

3. 3

   Place in a kettle, pour boiling water over, cover, and stew for four hours.

4. 4

   Remove beef, thicken gravy with flour, boil, season, and add wine or catsup before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 11 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Corson's practical American cookery and household management (1885) by Juliet Corson, page 174. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EEF A LA. MODE, WITS STUFFING. Cut several holes in a piece of the round of beef weighing about six pounds, and fill them with the following stuffing, binding wide tape or strips of clean cloth over the cuts to keep in the stuffing : Chop very fine three-quarters of a pound of raw beef, and a quarter of a pound of fat salt pork ; mix them with one pound of grated bread, a quarter of a pound of butter, one level teaspoonful each of powdered thyme, savory, cloves, and allspice, two teaspoonfuls of salt, one saltspoonful of pepper, and a dust of cayenne. After the beef is stuffed, lay it on skewers or a plate in a kettle ; pour over it three pints of boiling water, cover the kettle closely, and stew the beef over a gentle fire for four hours. When the beef is done, take it up, remove the tapes, and keep it hot. Take out the skewers or plate, thicken the gravy with a tablespoonful of flour mixed smoothly with a little of the REMOVES {RELEV&s). 3 15 gravy, boil the gravy for one minute, season it palatably with salt and pepper, add to it three tablespoonfiils of wine or tomato-catsup

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