Beef Steak Stewed in Its Own Gravy

Ingredients

• a rump steak of nearly an inch thick
• pepper
• flour it rather thickly
• three or four tablespoonsful of water
• half as much catsup
• a slight seasoning of spice

Method

1. 1

   Trim fat from the steak, sprinkle with pepper, and flour.

2. 2

   Place in a rinsed saucepan with some water.

3. 3

   Simmer for 1.5 to 1.75 hours, adding salt when it begins to boil.

4. 4

   Turn halfway through.

5. 5

   Optionally add gravy, catsup, and spices.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 185. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a slight seasoning of spice. A teaspoonful of currie powder, in addition, will improve both the flavour and the appearance of the sauce. The onion is sometimes browned with the meat ; and the quantity is considerably increased. Eschalots may be used instead, where their strong flavour is ap- proved. A few button-mushrooms, stewed from twenty to thirty minutes with the meat, will render the catsup unnecessary. Wine, or any favourite store sauce, can be added at will, to 3 hours. FRIED BEEF STEAK. We have little to add here to the directions of Chapter IX., which are sufficient to enable the cook to send a dish of fried steaks to table properly dressed. Currie sauce, highly onioned , is frequently served with them. BEEF STEAK STEWED IN ITS OWN GRAVY.. ( Good and wholesome.) Trim all the fat and skin from a rump steak of nearly an inch thick, and divide it once or twice ; just dip it into cold water, let it 190 MODERN COOKERY. [chap. X. drain for an instant, sprinkle it on both sides with pepper, and then flour it rather thickly; lay it quite flat into a well-tinned iron sauce- pan or stewpan, which has been rinsed with cold water, of which three or four tablespoonsful should be left in it. Place it oyer (not upon) a very gentle fire, and keep it just simmering from an hour and a half to an hour and three quarters, when, if the meat be good, it will have become perfectly tender. Add salt to it when it first begins to boil, and turn it when rather more than half done. A couple of spoonsful of gravy, half as much catsup

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