Steak, Stewed

Ingredients

• 1 lb. thick Rump Steak
• 2 ozs. Butter or Dripping
• 1 Onion
• 1 Carrot
• 2 Mushrooms
• 1 oz. Flour
• 1 pint Stock or Water
• 1 teaspoonful Caramel or Browning

Method

1. 1

   Fry the steak in a thick stewpan in 2 ozs. butter or dripping till brown on both sides.

2. 2

   Take it up, and now add the flour and vegetables, chopped finely; fry these for five minutes, then add the stock or water; stir till it boils, then add the caramel.

3. 3

   Put the steak into the hot gravy, and very gently simmer for two hours.

4. 4

   Garnish with little pieces of carrot or button mushrooms, cooked separately.

5. 5

   Strain the gravy over the steak when dishing it up.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Steak, Stewefc. Ingredients.— i lb. thick Rump Steak, 2 ozs. Butter or Dripping, 1 Onion, 1 Carrot, 2 Mushrooms, 1 oz. Flour, 1 pint •Stock or Water, 1 teaspoonful Caramel or Browning

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