Stew a Piece of Beef

Ingredients

• 6 lb. beef
• 1 oz. butter
• 3 onions
• 1 pint hot water
• 1 oz. flour
• 1 table-spoonful ketchup
• 1 carrot
• I turnip
• Salt
• Pepper

Method

1. 1

   Take a piece of beef; the brisket or rump, or any other piece that will become tender.

2. 2

   Melt the butter in the stewpan, and when it is hot put in the meat, and partially fry or brown it all over.

3. 3

   Then take it out, and lay two or three skewers in the bottom of the pan; after which replace the meat; by which means it will be prevented from sticking to the pan.

4. 4

   Next, put in the hot water, and onions sliced, and cover the pan.

5. 5

   Stew slowly till done.

6. 6

   Two hours are enough for a piece of beef weighing six or eight pounds.

7. 7

   When ready, take out the meat, and thicken the gravy with the flour mixed with the ketchup, pepper, and salt.

8. 8

   Cut down into shapes the boiled carrot and turnip, and add them to the liquor.

9. 9

   Boil all together for a few minutes, and serve in a hash dish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Chambers's cookery for young housewives (1894) by Annie M. Griggs, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STEW A PIECE OF BEEF, 6 lb. beef. 1 oz. bvitter. 3 onions. Pepper. 1 pint hot water. OR MAKE BEEF BOUILLI. 1 oz. flour. 1 table-spoonful ketchup. 1 carrot. I turnip. Salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.