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Beef-tea

A simple beef broth made by simmering beef in water with salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Beef-tea

Beef-tea

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Place the beef pieces in a jar with cold water and a pinch of salt.

  2. Let the mixture sit for 1 to 2 hours.

Cook

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

  2. Put the jar in the oven and let it cook for at least 30 minutes.

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

Raw beef
Supplies the protein and meaty flavor that release into the cold 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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