Gravy

Ingredients

• Take 1 pound of lean beef
• 1 kitchen spoon of melted butter
• add a little boiling water
• 3 blades of mace
• 6 cloves
• 4 pepper corns
• % onion
• 1 small carrot
• a little browned crust of bread

Method

1. 1

   Make incisions with a knife and dredge beef with flour; put in a saucepan with melted butter.

2. 2

   Let the beef fry brown, then add boiling water; shake well, and add more boiling water along with mace, cloves, pepper corns, onion, carrot, and browned crust of bread.

3. 3

   Cover closely and let cook a long while.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gravy. One heaping tablespoon of flour, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 pint of sweet milk, salt and pepper. Put butter in a pan, when it bubbles, add flour and mix until smooth, then milk, salt and pepper ; let come to a boil, and it is ready to serve. This gravy is nice used in the prep- aration of macaroni. Gravy. Take 1 pound of lean beef, make incisions with a knife and dredge with flour ; put in a saucepan with 1 kitchen spoon of melted butter. Let the beef fry brown, then add a little boiling water; shake well, and put in more boiling water, 3 blades of mace, 6 cloves, 4 pepper corns, % onion, 1 small carrot, a little browned crust of KE

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