Hamburg Steak

Ingredients

• one and one-quarter pounds of round, lean steak
• one-quarter pound of fat
• one teaspoonful of strained lemon juice
• one tablespoonful of flour
• one-half teaspoonful of ketchup
• one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce
• one cup of good stock or water
• an onion sliced

Method

1. 1

   Grind the steak and fat together.

2. 2

   Season with lemon juice, salt, and pepper.

3. 3

   Fry sliced onion in butter, then add the meat, forming cakes or a flat steak.

4. 4

   Fry on both sides.

5. 5

   Make a brown sauce with flour, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, and stock.

6. 6

   Pour over steak and serve with fried potatoes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The complete cook book (1900) by Rees, Jennie Day Mrs., page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HAMBUKG STEAK. One and one-quarter pounds of round, lean steak and one-quarter pound of fat ground together very fine. Add to it one teaapoonful of strained lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. If you like, season with ginger and sage. Slice an onion and fry in hutter a delicate brown ; remove the onion and put in your meat, which you can make into cakes or fry into a large flat steak and slice. Cover your skillet and fry on both sides. When done, place on a hot dish and make a brown sauce by adding one tablespoonful of flour to your gravy and one-half teaapoonful of ketchup, one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce and one cup of good stock or water

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