Minced Collops

Ingredients

• 1 lb. cooked beef, free of gristle or fat
• 1 small onion
• 1 saltspoonful dried thyme
• pepper and salt
• 1 dessertspoonful butter
• 1 dessertspoonful flour
• f pint water
• 1 slice toast

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beef into thin slices, then into strips, and chop very fine.

2. 2

   Peel and chop the onion.

3. 3

   Put the butter into a pan over the fire, when melted add the flour and stir until a nice brown.

4. 4

   Add the water, minced beef, onion, thyme, and pepper and salt to taste.

5. 5

   Simmer gently for twenty minutes.

6. 6

   Cut the toast into small diamond or any fancy shapes.

7. 7

   Pour the mince into a hot dish, lay the toast neatly round the border, place a small spray of parsley in the centre, and serve at once.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Sea Cookery (1911) by Richard Bond, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MINCED COLLOPS. 1 lb. cooked beef, free of gristle or fat 1 small onion 1 saltspoonful dried thyme pepper and salt 1 dessertspoonful butter 1 dessertspoonful flour f pint water 1 slice toast

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