Rich Brown Gravy

Ingredients

• two large onions cut in rings
• two tablespoons butter
• two pounds shin of beef
• two small slices bacon
• cup of water
• three and a half pints water
• four tablespoons flour
• three tablespoons butter

Method

1. 1

   Fry onions in butter until light brown.

2. 2

   Add beef and bacon, pour in water, boil for 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Add remaining water, simmer for 1.5 hours.

4. 4

   Strain, cool, remove fat.

5. 5

   Thicken with flour mixed with butter, boil, season, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 386. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rich Brown Gravy y fry two large onions cut in rings in two tablespoons butter until a light brown ; then add two pounds shin of beef and two small slices bacon, both cut in smaU square pieces, and pour in cup of water ; boil ten minutes, or until a nice brown color, stirring occasionly ; add three and a naif pints water, let boil up, then draw to back of range and simmer very gently an hour and a half; strain and when cold take off the fat. Thicken with four tablespoons flour first made smooth and lightly browned with three tablespoons butter

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