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Creamed Beef

Beef cooked in butter, milk, flour, and seasonings.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog] · From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Lemon and parsley match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 14,037 recipes. Both carry beta-phellandrene, which smells minty, terpene. The science ↓

Creamed Beef

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the sliced beef

  1. Slice 1 pound of beef into thin slices.

  2. Put 3 tablespoons of butter into a frying pan, and as soon as it is melted add the meat.

  3. Stir until the slices begin to curl.

  4. Add 1 cup of milk.

  5. When the milk boils, stir in 1 teaspoonful of flour mixed smooth with 3 tablespoons of milk.

  6. Season with pepper.

  7. Boil up once and serve.

Make and bake the beef roll

  1. Mix 1 pound uncooked beef, chopped fine, yolk of 1 egg, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, 1 tablespoon melted butter, 1 tablespoon bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, salt and pepper together.

  2. Form into a roll about 6 inches long and 4 inches in diameter.

  3. Wrap in greased paper.

  4. Put in a pan and bake in a quick oven for 30 minutes.

  5. When done, remove the paper, place the roll in the center of a hot dish and serve with mushroom or brown sauce poured over it or slice and serve cold.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1053Calories
54 gProtein
41 gFat
113 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Milk1 cup (244ml) whole149
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Parsley1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Warren, Pa. Presbyterian church. Second auxiliary missionary society. [from old catalog]. 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. See the original page.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

  3. Milk + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together81,283 recipes

    Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).

  4. Milk + breadtop 11% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together11,466 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-undecenal (sweet).

  5. Flour + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together124,287 recipes

    Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).

Flour and butter barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 124,287 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Beef
Forms the main body of both the creamed sauce and the baked roll.
Milk
Makes the liquid base of the cream sauce, thickened by the flour.
Flour
Thickens the milk into a smooth sauce as it heats.
Egg yolk
Binds the chopped beef mixture so it holds its roll shape.
Bread crumbs
Absorbs moisture and helps the beef roll hold together.
Butter
Adds richness and flavor to the beef and the roll.

The step that matters

Forming and wrapping the roll. The raw beef mixture is soft and can crack or fall apart if formed loosely. Packing it firmly and wrapping it tightly in greased paper helps it hold its shape while the egg and crumbs set during baking.

Swap the lemon

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (milk, flour, beef, butter, bread, egg, parsley):

  1. Lemonthe original
  2. Figfits about as well
  3. Raisinfits less well
  4. Coconutfits less well

Fit is the average pairing score against milk, flour, beef, butter, bread, egg, parsley. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“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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