Beefsteak and Onions

Ingredients

• one dozen white onions
• a quarter pound salt pork or bacon
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a cup of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Cut onions into slices; fry salt pork or bacon until all the fat is fried out.

2. 2

   Remove the cracklings, and into the hot fat put the onions, fry and stir for twenty minutes over a brisk fire, then add salt, pepper to taste, and boiling water.

3. 3

   Place over a moderate fire to simmer half an hour, when the water should have entirely evaporated and the onions be a nice even brown.

4. 4

   Have ready a boiled steak, place it in the pan with the onions, cover the top with some of them and place in the oven for five minutes, then place the steak in a hot dish and heap the onions over and around it and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BEEFSTEAK AND ONIONS — A ^SMOTHERED VENUS.” Cut one dozen white onions into slices ; fry a quarter pound salt pork or bacon until all the fat is fried out. Remove the cracklings, and into the hot fat put the onions, fiy and stii for twenty minutes over a brisk fire, then add a teaspoonful of salt, pepper to taste, and a cup of boiling water

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