Beef, Spiced

Ingredients

• one pound of common salt
• one ounce of saltpetre
• three ounces of allspice
• one of black peppercorns
• half a pound of coarse sugar
• about a pint of water

Method

1. 1

   Pound saltpetre, allspice, and black peppercorns, mix with salt and sugar.

2. 2

   Rub into the meat daily for a fortnight.

3. 3

   Wash off brine, place in an earthenware pan with water and suet, cover with paste, and bake for six to eight hours.

4. 4

   Cool thoroughly before using.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 231. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef, Spiced.^A small round of about eighteen or twenty pounds will take a fortnight to cure. Prepare the following ingredients : one pound of common salt, one ounce of saltpetre, three ounces of allspice, one of black pepper- corns, and half a pound of coarse sugar. Pound the saltpetre, allspice, and black peppercorns, and mix well together with the salt and sugar. Rub all into the meat ; do this every day and tm-n, for the time mentioned. Then wash off the brine, put it into an earthenware pan, with about a pint of water

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