Beef Tea

Ingredients

• two pounds of beef
• a quart of cold water
• a tea-spoonful of Valentine's beef juice
• a tea-spoonful of Armour's extract of meat

Method

1. 1

   Cut beef into small dice and soak in cold water for several hours.

2. 2

   Place in a gourmet boiler over boiling water and simmer for three hours.

3. 3

   Strain and remove fat.

4. 4

   When needed, add beef juice or extract and heat to boiling point.

As published

This recipe was extracted from À la mode cookery (1902) by Harriet Anne de Salis, page 76. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Tea Take two pounds of beef without any fat, and cut it into small dice. Put it in a gourmet boiler with a quart of cold water and leave it to soak for several hours, pricking it now and then with a fork. Then place the gourmet boiler into a stewpan of water, which must be brought to the boil, then let it simmer for three hours. Strain and put by till cold, removing all particles of fat ; when required, add a tea-spoonful of Valentine's beef juice or a tea-spoonful of Armour's extract of meat

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