Silver Side of Beef Stewed

Ingredients

• 6 or 7 pounds of beef
• 2 carrots cut in four
• 1 or 2 onions
• a small handful of dried vegetables
• 3 cloves
• a small bunch of parsley
• a sprig of thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• half a ball of browning
• 2 tablespoonfuls of ketchup
• 1 glass of sherry or other white wine
• 1 to 2 pints of water
• salt
• pepper

Method

1. 1

   In a stewpan, combine beef, carrots, onions, dried vegetables, cloves, parsley, thyme, bay leaf, browning, ketchup, sherry, water, salt, and pepper.

2. 2

   Seal the stewpan tightly and stew gently for 3 hours.

3. 3

   Before serving, remove beef, strain gravy, thicken with flour, and return beef to warm.

4. 4

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 34. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Silver Side of Beef Stewed. Put 6 or 7 pounds of beef in a stewpan, with 2 cari-ots cut in four, 1 or 2 onions, a small handful of dried vegetables (or fresh leek, parsnip, celery), 3 cloves, a small bunch of parsley, a sprig of thyme, 1 bay leaf, half a ball of browning, 2 tablespoonfuls of ketchup, 1 glass of .sherry or other white wdne, 11- 0(3 WHOLESOME COOKERY. to 2 pints of water, salt and pepper

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