Beef Tea for Invalids
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Soak the beef in cold water for a few hours with the salt.
Place the beef in a saucepan with the soaking water.
Pierce the beef with a fork and press it.
Cook and serve
Simmer for 15 minutes, then strain the liquid.
Serve the beef tea over toasted bread if desired.
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
- Releases meat flavor and dissolved protein into the water, giving the tea its savory taste and body.
“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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