Beef Essence
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Cut the beef into small pieces.
Place the beef in a covered saucepan with cold water.
Let it sit by the fire for 4-5 hours.
Simmer and serve
Simmer gently for 2 hours.
Skim off any fat.
Serve.
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 flavor and the protein that gives the broth its body as it simmers.
- Cold water
- Extracts flavor and gelatin from the beef slowly, producing a clear, savory liquid.
The step that matters
Skim off any fat. Fat that is left in the broth stays greasy and cloudy on the palate. Removing it after simmering, while the liquid is hot, lets the fat rise to the surface where it can be lifted away.
“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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