Beef Stew

Ingredients

• a large spoonful of butter
• 2 sliced onions
• 12 whole cloves
• 12 allspice
• one-half tea-spoonful salt
• half that quantity of black pepper
• I pint of cold water
• 2 or 3 pounds of tender lean steak
• a little flour thickening
• A few sprigs of sweet basil

Method

1. 1

   In a stew-pan place butter, fry onions until brown, add cloves, allspice, salt, and black pepper.

2. 2

   Take from fire, pour in cold water with steak cut in small pieces.

3. 3

   Cover and let stew gently for 2 hours, adding flour thickening before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dr. M'Millan's formulas and domestic guide (1882) by M'Millan, Alexander M. D., page 89. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF STEW. In a stew-pan place a large spoonful of butter, in which fry until quite brown 2 sliced onions, add- ing while cooking 12 whole cloves, 12 allspice, one-half tea-spoonful salt, and half that quantity of black pepper. Take from the fire, and pour in I pint of cold water, wherein lay 2 or 3 pounds of tender lean steak cut in small thick pieces. Cover closely and let all stew gently 2 hours, adding just before serving a little flour thickening. A few sprigs of sweet basil

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