Beef Hash, English Style

Ingredients

• one pound of roast beef
• one finely chopped onion
• a heaping tablespoonful of flour
• a cup of light gravy
• a tablespoonful of ketchup
• a dash of Worcestershire sauce
• the yolks of two eggs
• mashed potatoes
• bread crumbs
• melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Cut beef into small dice.

2. 2

   Fry onion in butter, add flour and cook for two minutes.

3. 3

   Stir in gravy, add beef, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce.

4. 4

   Put in a dish, cover with mashed potatoes mixed with egg yolks, sprinkle with bread crumbs and butter, and bake for ten minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Louis' every woman's cook book (1910) by Louis Muckensturm, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF HASH, ENGLISH STYLE 33 Cut in small dice one pound of roast beef, free from gristle, but mixed with a small quantity of the fat part. Fry one finely chopped onion in butter to a slight brown colour, then add a heaping tablespoonful of flour and fry together for two minutes. Then add a cup of light gravy or rich soup stock, and stir well to obtain a sauce ; add the beef and a tablespoonful of ketchup and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. Put this hash in a deep metal or fire-proof china dish, cover it with mashed potatoes, to which the yolks of two eggs have been added, sprinkle with bread crumbs and melted butter

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