Beef Stewed with Oyster Sauce

Ingredients

• two pounds of cold beef
• one dozen and a half oysters
• one ounce of butter
• one ounce of flour
• enough to make one pint

Method

1. 1

   Broil beef slices over a clear fire.

2. 2

   In a stewpan, heat oysters with their liquor for 2 minutes, then strain.

3. 3

   Mix butter and flour, add liquor and milk, stir until boiling, then remove from heat and add oysters.

4. 4

   Warm without boiling and serve with beef.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 235. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two pounds of cold beef, cut into slices, and broil them over a clear fire. Put one dozen and a half oysters into a stewpan with their own liquor, remove them in about two minutes, and strain the liquor. Mix equal quantities of butter and floui- together, one ounce of each; take the liquor and milk, enough to make one pint, stii- aU together in a saucepan till it boils, then remove it and stir in another ounce of butter,

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