Beefsteak Pie

Ingredients

• 1½ pounds of beefsteak
• lump of butter size of egg
• one pint of sweet milk
• half cup butter (or lard)
• one teaspoon salt
• two teaspoons baking powder
• enough flour to make stiff batter

Method

1. 1

   Heat butter in frying pan until quite hot, put meat in pan, sprinkle with salt.

2. 2

   Prepare a batter with milk, butter, salt, baking powder, and flour to make a stiff batter.

3. 3

   Add to the meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The National home cook book (1900), page 49. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1% pounds of beefsteak cut te ieces, put lump of butter size of egg in frying pan, let hea ntil quite hot, put meat in pan, sprinkle with salt. Have eady a batter made of one pint of sweet milk, half cup but- er (or lard), one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons baking pow- er sifted with enough flour to make stiff batter

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