Steak with Gravy

Ingredients

• A cut from the first, second, or third rib of a roasting piece of beef
• the steak rubbed with olive-oil
• a pinch of cayenne pepper
• two shallots, mince fine
• two gills of claret
• half a pint of strong brown stock

Method

1. 1

   Rub steak with olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and flour.

2. 2

   Broil over charcoal for two minutes, then cook slowly.

3. 3

   For gravy, boil shallots in claret, add stock and cayenne, then pour over steak.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every .. (1904) by Elisabeth Luther Cary, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A cut from the first, second, or third rib of a roasting piece of beef, the bone removed, the steak rubbed with olive-oil, dusted with pepper, salt, and flour, and broiled over a charcoal fire, held near the hot coals for the first two minutes, then lifted up from them to complete the cooking more slowly. For a rich gravy to accompany it, mince fine two shallots, boil ten minutes in two gills of claret, add half a pint of strong brown stock and a pinch of cayenne pepper

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