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Beef-Tea

A simple beef broth made by simmering beef in water for several hours.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Beef-Tea

Beef-Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Make the broth

  1. Bring 1 gallon of water to a boil in a large pot.

  2. Add beef to the boiling water.

  3. Simmer for several hours until the beef is tender and the broth is flavorful.

Finish and serve

  1. Strain the liquid to remove any solids.

  2. Serve warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Water
Forms the liquid base that extracts flavor from the beef during simmering.
Beef
Releases flavor and savory compounds into the water as it simmers.

“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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