Beef-Tea Jelly

Ingredients

• 1 pt. beef-tea
• ½ oz. isinglass

Method

1. 1

   Put the beef-tea and isinglass into the saucepan together, and stir them over the fire until warm.

2. 2

   Then stand the pan by the side of the fire until the isinglass is quite dissolved.

3. 3

   Pour into a small basin that has been wet out with cold water, and set aside till firm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 845. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pt. beef -tea. tapioca. 1 yolk of egg. A little water. \ tea - sp. Groult’s Cook the tapioca in a small saucepan with a little water until it turns quite clear. Add the beef -tea to it and heat thoroughly, but do not boil. Beat up the yolk of egg in a basin or cup with a fork, pour the beef-tea gradually on to it, stirring all the time, and it is ready for serving. If too rich, the yolk of egg may be omitted. Note. — Arrowroot or cornflour may be used in- stead of tapioca, but in each case they must be cooked in water separately, before the beef-tea is added. Time to cook, 10 minutes. Probable cost, 9d. 2495. Pur6e of Beef J pt. beef-tea. 3 or 4 oz. juicy beef. Shred the meat finely, pound it in a mortar or in a strong basin, and then rub through a wire sieve, being careful to scrape the sieve underneath. Add this meat pulp to a cupful of hot and well- made beef-tea, stir well, and serve at once. This is very strengthening. Probable cost, lOd. 2496. Beef Juice | lb. juicy steak. Wipe the meat with a clean cloth, and beat it slightly with a heavy wooden spoon. Then grill Meat Juice Extractor it sufficiently to heat it through, but on no account cook it. Next cut the meat in small pieces, and INVALID COOKERY 529 press out the juice in a meat-press or strong lemon- squeezer. Note. — A meat-press or juice-extractor can be bought at any of the ironmongery stores, from about 7 s. upwards. 2497. Beef-Tea Jelly | pt. beef-tea. £ oz. isinglass.

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