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Beef Tea

A simple broth made by mincing beef and steeping it in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Beef Tea

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the beef

  1. Mince the beef as finely as possible.

Steep the beef

  1. Place the minced beef in a jar with 2 cups of cold water and let it sit for 2 hours.

  2. Strain off the cold water and set it aside.

  3. Replace the cold water with 2 cups of tepid water.

  4. Place the jar closer to the fire to extract the nourishment.

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
Supplies the main flavor and body of the broth as it steeps in water.

“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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