Savory Beef

Ingredients

• four pounds of the round of beef
• one table-spoonful of sugar
• three table-spoonfuls of flour
• two of butter
• one table-spoonful and a half of salt
• half a teaspoonful of pepper
• one-third of a teaspoonful of cloves
• one teaspoonful of cinnamon
• one gill of vinegar
• half an onion
• one slice of carrot
• two bay leaves
• one quart of water

Method

1. 1

   Rub the meat with salt, pepper, sugar, and spices.

2. 2

   Place half the chopped onion and one bay leaf in an earthen dish, add the meat, sprinkle remaining vegetables, and pour vinegar over it.

3. 3

   Cover and refrigerate for 48 hours.

4. 4

   When ready to cook, brown the meat in butter, then simmer with a mixture of flour and water for five hours.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 127. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Savory Beef. For this dish use four pounds of the round of beef, one table-spoonful of sugar, three table-spoonfuls of flour, two of butter, one table-spoonful and a half of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, one-third of a teaspoonful of cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one gill of vine- gar, half an onion, one slice of carrot, two bay leaves, and one quart of water

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