To Stew a Round of Beef

Ingredients

• the beef
• one sliced carrot
• a leek or onion sliced small
• a pint or more of the water
• salt and pepper
• sweet herbs chopped small
• bits of butter

Method

1. 1

   Boil the beef until more than half done; gash it with a sharp knife, rub it with salt, pepper, and chopped sweet herbs.

2. 2

   Dredge with flour, add sliced carrot and leek or onion, and bits of butter.

3. 3

   Place in a pot with the boiling water, cover, and stew slowly for two hours, adding hot water as needed.

4. 4

   Turn once, and when browned, take it up and add boiling water to the gravy, stir, and pour over the meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Stew a Round of Beef. — Boil the beef till it is rather more than half done; gash it with a sharp knife, then rub it over with salt and pepper and sweet herbs chopped HOUSEHOLD. 137 small; one sliced carrot, also a leek or onion sliced small; dredge it white with flour; strew bits of butter over it, and put it into a dinner pot with a pint or more of the water

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