Roast Beef

Ingredients

• Two pounds of Topside of Beef
• One ounce of Fat
• Quarter pint of hot Stock or Water
• Flour to cover surface

Method

1. 1

   Wipe the meat, tie with string.

2. 2

   Spread lean part with fat, and dredge with flour.

3. 3

   Place in Dutch oven or hang in a meat screen in front of the fire.

4. 4

   Expose to great heat for ten minutes, then cook less quickly.

5. 5

   Baste frequently.

6. 6

   Cook for three-quarters of an hour.

7. 7

   Remove to hot dish, drain the fat from the dripping tin into a basin.

8. 8

   Add a quarter of a pint of stock or water to brown particles in the pan.

9. 9

   Boil up, season, and strain round the joint.

10. 10

    For roasting allow a quarter of an hour to the pound, and a quarter of an hour over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Artizan recipes (1896) by Clarke, Charles Mrs, page 1. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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