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Beef-tea

A simple infusion of lean beef in cold filtered water.

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

Beef-tea

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the beef into small pieces.

  2. Pour the cold filtered water over the beef.

  3. Stir slightly and place in a well-corked jar.

  4. Let it sit to infuse.

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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What each ingredient does

Lean beef
Provides the meat flavour and savoury body that carries into the finished tea.
Cold filtered water
Slowly draws out the beef's flavour and soluble compounds without cooking the meat.

“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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