Beef Balls with Curry

Ingredients

• 1 lb. lean beef
• 2 oz. bread-crumbs
• A pinch of nutmeg
• A pinch of mace
• 1 egg
• Salt
• Pepper
• A little flour
• 1 onion
• 1 oz. butter
• 1 dessert-sp. curry powder
• 1 dessert-sp. rice flour
• 1 gill stock
• 1 gill tomato puree or sauce
• Boiled rice

Method

1. 1

   Wipe and trim the meat, and pass it once or twice through the mincing machine.

2. 2

   Put it into a basin, add the bread-crumbs, and season with pepper, salt, nutmeg, and mace.

3. 3

   Mix well, and bind all together with beaten egg.

4. 4

   Form into small balls, using a little flour to prevent sticking.

5. 5

   Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the onion finely chopped, and fry it a few minutes.

6. 6

   Add the beef balls, and toss them until browned on all sides.

7. 7

   Sprinkle in the rice flour and curry powder, mix and add the stock and tomato puree.

8. 8

   Stir for a few minutes and then simmer slowly until the meat is cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 343. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Balls with Curry 1 lb. lean beef. 2 oz. bread-crumbs. A pinch of nutmeg. A pinch of mace. 1 egg. Salt. Pepper. A little flour. 1 onion. 1 oz. butter. 1 dessert-sp. curry powder. 1 dessert-sp. rice flour. 1 gill stock. 1 gill tomato puree or sauce. Boiled rice

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