Quickly-made Beef Tea

Ingredients

• One half pound of steak
• one half pint cold water

Method

1. 1

   Procure the steak from the top of the round, remove all fat and skin, place it on a board, and with a sharp knife cut it in very thin, small pieces.

2. 2

   Place the pieces in a dry stew-pan, place the pan over a very slow fire, and with the back of a wooden spoon stir the pieces of steak for five minutes.

3. 3

   At the end of this time the steak will be nearly covered with a very strong gravy; add now the cold water, stir all till boiling.

4. 4

   Cover the sauce-pan, and simmer the contents very slowly for ten minutes.

5. 5

   Strain the tea into a basin, when it is ready for use.

6. 6

   Season to taste.

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.

Quickly-made Beef Tea.— One half pound of steak, one half pint cold water

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