Economical Beef Tea (for long illness)

Ingredients

• One knuckle bone of veal
• four pounds middle cut of the shin of beef

Method

1. 1

   Break the knuckle bone with a hammer, place it in a large jar.

2. 2

   Cut the meat from the beef-bone, remove the marrow from the bone, break the bone and place it in the jar also.

3. 3

   Cut the meat in small pieces, add them to the bones in the jar.

4. 4

   Cover the jar, and then tie over the top a strong piece of brown paper.

5. 5

   Place the jar in a large pan of boiling water, and let the water boil round the jar for ten hours.

6. 6

   At the end of ten hours uncover the jar, and strain the liquor from the meat into a large basin.

7. 7

   When cold, this will form a strong jelly, containing a large amount of nourishment.

8. 8

   To make a cupful of beef-tea, place a table-spoonful of the jelly into a cup, and fill up the cup with boiling water.

9. 9

   Stir till the jelly is melted, and season to taste.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 183. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Economical Beef Tea (for long illness). — One knuckle bone of veal, four pounds middle cut of the shin of beef

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