Meat Pudding

Ingredients

• f of rump -steak
• about eight white potatoes
• butter a large pudding mould
• two wine-glasses of mushroom catsup
• the same of veal or beef broth
• season with pepper
• season with salt
• a little grated nutmeg
• very finely chopped onion

Method

1. 1

   Beat the steak with a chopper and cut it into pieces.

2. 2

   Peel, wash, and slice the potatoes.

3. 3

   Butter the pudding mould and line it with crust.

4. 4

   Layer the meat, season, and add chopped onion, then layer potatoes and repeat until all are used.

5. 5

   Mix mushroom catsup and broth, pour over, cover with crust, tie up, and boil in water for two and a half hours.

6. 6

   Turn out onto a dish when done.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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