Beef Tea No. 1

Ingredients

• 0.5 lb. gravy beef or steak
• 0.5 pint cold water
• A pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Take away the skin and fat from the meat and shred it very finely; put it into a jar or basin containing the cold water and salt, and let it stand 1 hour.

2. 2

   Cover the jar closely and place it in a saucepan of cold water; let the water come very slowly to boiling point, and simmer gently for 1 hour or longer.

3. 3

   Strain it through a rather coarse strainer.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery book and general axioms for plain cookery (1890) by E. Briggs, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEF TEA. No. 1. Ingredients : — \ lb. gravy beef or steak. £ pint cold water. A pinch of salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.