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Composition of Natural Raw-beef Juice

A juice extracted from raw beef and water, left to stand overnight before muslin extraction.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Composition of Natural Raw-beef Juice

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Pass the beef through a sausage machine.

  2. Mix the beef with an equal amount of water.

Extract

  1. Allow the mixture to stand in a cool place overnight.

  2. Squeeze the mixture firmly in muslin to extract the juice.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Lean beef
Supplies the meat juices that are extracted as the main liquid.
Water
Draws soluble flavour and juices out of the minced meat during standing.

The step that matters

Standing overnight in a cool place. Keeping the mixture cool while it stands lets the juices diffuse into the water safely without the meat spoiling. Warmth would speed bacterial growth.

“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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