Spiced Beef

Ingredients

• Five or six pounds flank of beef
• One ounce saltpetre
• Two pounds salt
• One pound brown sugar
• Two ounces ground mixed spice

Method

1. 1

   Bone the beef.

2. 2

   Mix all the above ingredients together and well rub the beef with the mixture.

3. 3

   Repeat daily for about ten days, turning it over each day.

4. 4

   When sufficiently spiced, wash and scrape the beef, put it into a saucepan, just cover with cold water or stock, bring to the boil slowly, and skim.

5. 5

   Put a few blocks of vegetable in to flavour it, and simmer very gently for about three to four hours.

6. 6

   When cooked, take the meat out and press it between two dishes, with a weight on the top.

7. 7

   When the beef is cold, trim and brush over with liquid meat glaze.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spiced Beef* Five or six pounds flank of beef. One ounce saltpetre. Two pounds salt. One pound brown sugar. Two ounces ground mixed spice

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