Beefsteak Pie

Ingredients

• a quart of pieces of cold steak
• a gill of milk
• a pint of water
• half a dozen potatoes
• a slice of onion
• two table-spoonfuls of butter
• one table-spoonful of flour
• salt in quantities to suit the taste
• pepper in quantities to suit the taste

Method

1. 1

   Peel the potatoes and cook them in boiling water for half an hour.

2. 2

   Cut the meat into inch cubes.

3. 3

   Cook the butter and onion until the onion turns straw color, then add flour and stir until brown.

4. 4

   Gradually add water and season with salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Simmer the meat for ten minutes, then transfer to a deep dish.

6. 6

   Mash the potatoes with milk and season.

7. 7

   Spread over the meat and bake in a hot oven for a quarter of an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 130. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beefsteak Pie. The materials used are as follows : a quart of pieces of cold steak, a gill of milk, a pint of water, half a dozen potatoes, a slice of onion, two table-spoonfuls of butter, one table-spoonful of flour, and salt and pepper in quan- tities to suit the taste.

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