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Beef-Tea

A simple beef tea made by simmering minced gravy beef in cold water with salt, served with toast or rice.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Beef-Tea

Beef-Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the beef

  1. Cut away all fat from the beef.

  2. Mince the beef using a chopping knife.

Make the tea

  1. Place the minced beef in a saucepan with cold water.

  2. Press the beef with a wooden spoon until it boils.

  3. Add salt and let it simmer gently for 15 minutes.

  4. Pour the tea from the beef without straining it.

Serve

  1. Serve with dry toast or lightly boiled rice.

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

Gravy beef
Gives the liquid its meaty flavour and body as it is pressed and simmered.

The step that matters

Simmer gently after the liquid boils. A hard, vigorous boil toughens the meat and clouds the liquid. A gentle simmer keeps the beef tender and the tea clear.

“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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