Beef Loaf with Onion Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 cups cold beef, minced very fine
• 1 heaping tablespoon butter
• 1/2 cup beef stock or milk
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 saltspoon salt
• 1/8 saltspoon each pepper and nutmeg
• 2 crackers rolled fine

Method

1. 1

   Mix well, form into oblong loaf and bake in granite pan.

2. 2

   Baste until nearly done with butter and water; then pour over it the onion sauce and bake ten minutes longer.

3. 3

   For Onion Sauce: Brown 2 tablespoons chopped onion, 2 tablespoons butter, and 1 teaspoon flour; add 1 cup soup stock or leftover meat gravy, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon made mustard, and 2 gratings of lemon peel.

4. 4

   Boil together for 2 or 3 minutes and pour over the loaf.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Edwardsville cook book (1906), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 cups cold beef, minced very fine. 1 heaping tablespoon butter. V2, cup beef stock or milk. 3 beaten eggs. 1 saltspoon salt. 1/^ saltspoon each pepper and nutmeg. 2 crackers rolled fine

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