Beef Tea

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. fresh beef steak
• 1/2 pt. boiled water, cold
• 1/10 tsp. of salt

Method

1. 1

   Chop the meat, put into a fruit jar together with the water and salt, close top lightly, put in a kettle with water, cover and boil very slowly for 2 hours, then pour the tea through a fine sieve.

2. 2

   Administer a teaspoonful at a time.

3. 3

   Beef tea must be freshly prepared every day.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of German cooking and baking (1922) by Lina Wachtelborn Meier, page 179. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF TEA. Ingredients for 1 pint. % lb. lean beef 1 old pigeon 1 tsp. of salt % lb. breast of veal 1 qt. of water Small piece of carrot Preparation: Cut the beef and veal into small pieces, clean the pigeon carefully, remove the breast and cut up into small pieces, crush drumsticks and bones, put everything into a very clean kettle, pour over the required quantity of cold water and set aside for one hour ; then add salt and carrot, and cook slowly for 3 hours, rub through a very fine sieve, take off the fat and pour the soup carefully from the settlings. This bouillon can be served in cups, or be used in any kind of soup, as desired. No. 2— WEAK VEAL BOUILLON. Ingredients for 1 pint. % lb. breast of veal 1 qt. of water 1 small carrot 1 tsp. of salt Preparation: Wash the veal, cut into very small pieces, put it into the cold water and boil very slowly for 2 hours with the carrot and 1 teaspoonful of salt, then pass through a sieve and use in soups as desired. No. 3— BEEF BOUILLON. Ingredients for 1 pint. 1 % lbs. of lean beef 1 qt. of water 1 tsp. of salt Vi small carrot Preparation: Cut the beef into dice, put them into the re- quired quantity of cold water, add carrot and salt and boil in a small covered kettle or double boiler for 3 Ihours; pour through a sieve and remove all of the fat. This bouillon may be mixed with the yolk of 1 egg and served in cups. — 373 — No. 4— BEEF TEA. Ingredients for % cup. % lb. fresh beef steak % pt. boiled water, cold 1/10 tsp. of salt

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