Beef Essence
Ingredients
Directions
Mince the beef very small.
Place it in a brown baking jar and cover tightly with a lid or brown paper.
Stand the jar in a saucepan of boiling water for one hour.
Pour off the essence and add a little salt to taste.
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
- Gravy beef
- Supplies the meaty flavor and the juices and dissolved protein that make up the broth.
The step that matters
Cover the jar tightly before standing it in boiling water. A tight cover traps the steam and stops liquid from evaporating, so the juices from the minced beef are drawn out gently and the essence stays concentrated rather than being lost.
“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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