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Beef Tea

A simple beef broth made by simmering beef in water for 1–2 hours.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Beef Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Cut the beef into small pieces.

  2. Place the beef in a pot and cover with water.

Cook and serve

  1. Simmer gently for 1-2 hours.

  2. Strain the liquid to remove the beef pieces.

  3. 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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What each ingredient does

Beef
Provides the meat flavour and savoury body that the broth takes on 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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