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To Roast a Beef Heart

From Modern cookery, in all its branches, 1884

Serves 6

Good brown gravy or currant jelly may be served with it.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Modern cookery, in all its branches (1884) by Eliza Acton, page 198. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO ROAST A BEEF I1EART. Wash and soak the heart very thoroughly, cut away the lobes, fill the cavities with a veal forcemeat (No. 1, Chapter VIII.), secure it well with a needle and twine, or very coarse thread, and roast it at a good fire for an hour and a half, keeping it basted plenti- fully with butte

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