Boeuf a la Mode (Braised Beef)

Ingredients

• two pounds of sirloin or fillet of beef
• three pigs' ears
• eight small onions
• half a sliced carrot if large
• a bunch of parsley
• one bay-leaf
• a sprig of thyme
• a clove stuck in one of the onions
• one glass of sherry
• one of water
• four ounces of well-mixed bacon cut in inch squares

Method

1. 1

   Cut beef into slices and lard with bacon.

2. 2

   Place in a pot with pigs' ears, onions, carrot, parsley, bay-leaf, thyme, sherry, water, and bacon.

3. 3

   Cover tightly and braise in a moderate oven for four hours.

4. 4

   Serve with vegetables and gravy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Banquets of the nations (1911) by Robert H. Christie, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2UF a la Mode. (Braised Beef.) Take two pounds of sirloin or fillet of beef. Cut in slices three inches long, two broad, and half-an-inch thick. Lard the pieces with good fat bacon, place them in a long-shaped pot along with three pigs' ears, eight small onions, half a sliced carrot if large, a bunch of parsley, one bay-leaf, a sprig of thyme, and a clove stuck in one of the onions, one glass of sherry, one of water, and four ounces of well-mixed bacon cut in inch squares

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