Stewed Shin of Beef

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. of shin of beef
• 3 pints of water
• 2 carrots
• 2 turnips
• 2 onions
• 1 sprig of parsley
• thyme
• marjoram
• a little celery (if possible)
• a teaspoonful of celery seed
• pepper and salt to taste
• flour

Method

1. 1

   Put the beef, whole or cut in pieces, into a saucepan or stewing jar with the vegetables cleansed and sliced, and the water, and stew from three to four hours.

2. 2

   When cooked, thicken the gravy with flour, using rather more than two tablespoonfuls.

3. 3

   Put the beef on to a hot dish, with the vegetables round it, and pour the gravy over it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for busy lives and small incomes (1890) by Mary Harrison, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Shin of Beef and Haricot Beans Required. — 1 lb. of beef, 1 pint of haricot beans, 2 ozs. of dripping, 1 onion, pepper and salt to taste, flour. Method. — Cut the meat into neat pieces and flour them. Make the dripping hot in a frying- pan, and fry the meat a rich brown, then fry the onion sliced. Put the meat and onion in a sauce- pan with two quarts of water and the haricot beans, pepper and salt, and cook gently for four hours, adding more water if necessary. Mutton and Peas Required. — 1 lb. of mutton, 2 ozs. of dripping, 1 onion, a sprig of parsley, thyme, and marjoram. 22 COOKERY FOR SMALL INCOMES tied together with string, 1 quart of water, 1 pint of green peas, flour. Method. — Cut the mutton into pieces, and flour them, make the dripping hot in a frying-pan and fry the meat in it ; then put it in a saucepan with the herbs, the onion sliced, and the water, and simmer gentl}^ until tender. Take out the meat, and put in a pint of green peas, boil gently until cooked, and then re-heat the meat. Remove the bunch of herbs and serve. If peas are too expensive, put in a cupful of rice one hour before the meat is cooked. This dish will probably take two hours and a half to prepare. Stewed Shin of Beef Ingredients. — 2 lbs. of shin of beef, 3 pints of water, 2 carrots, 2 turnips, 2 onions, 1 sprig of parsley, thyme, marjoram, and a bay leaf, tied together, a little celery (if possible), or a teaspoon- ful of celery see

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