Spiced Round Of Beef

Ingredients

• a round of beef weighing from thirty-five to forty pounds
• four pounds of salt
• two pounds of coarse brown sugar
• a quarter of a pound of saltpetre
• two ounces of sal prunella
• enough ginger, cloves, mace, and peppercorns to make two ounces of each
• enough ginger, cloves, mace, and peppercorns to make two ounces of each
• enough ginger, cloves, mace, and peppercorns to make two ounces of each
• enough ginger, cloves, mace, and peppercorns to make two ounces of each
• plenty of rough vegetables sliced, such as carrots, turnips, onions, and celery

Method

1. 1

   Rub the beef with the salt, sugar, saltpetre, and sal prunella.

2. 2

   Turn daily and let it pickle for one month.

3. 3

   Bind the beef and cover with cold broth.

4. 4

   Add sliced vegetables and dried spices.

5. 5

   Bring to a gentle boil, then simmer for twelve hours, turning at six hours.

6. 6

   Let it cool in the broth for two days before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 20 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Spiced Round Of Beef. — ( Family Recipe.) — Procure a round of beef weighing from thirty-five to forty pounds ; remove the bone and lay the beef in a stone pan. Well rub into the beef all over (not omitting the sides of the round as well as the top and bottom), a mixture made of four pounds of salt, two pounds of coarse brown sugar, a quarter of a pound of saltpetre, and two ounces of sal prunella. Turn the beef every day, and well rub into it the brine which it makes. Let it remain in pickle for one 2oS COLD MEAT month. When ready for cooking let the beef be closely bound into shape with coarse webbing. Lay it in a large kettle or pot, and cover the beef with cold broth, not water. Add plenty of rough vegetables sliced, such as carrots, turnips, onions, and celery. Dry in the oven enough ginger, cloves, mace, and peppercorns to make two ounces of each

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