Fibrous Beef Tea
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the beef
Cut the steak into 1-inch cubes.
Dry the cubes in a warming oven for 36 hours until hard.
Grind the dried steak in a clean coffee mill.
Make the tea
Mix 1 tablespoon of the powder with 1 cup of hot water until dissolved.
Add salt to taste and butter if desired.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Steak
- Provides the protein and beefy flavor that make up the tea.
- Hot water
- Dissolves the dried beef powder and carries its flavor into a drinkable liquid.
The step that matters
Drying the cubes until hard. The beef must be dried fully so it grinds into a fine powder and dissolves well in hot water. Moisture left in the meat can spoil during the long drying time and makes grinding difficult.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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